How long can it last? Sun and Microsoft today said that they have kissed and made up, settling a number of squabbles in one fell swoop. Microsoft is paying Sun nearly $2 billion to put anti-trust issues, patent issues and royalty issues to bed. There is also some talk of collaboration and licensing so that the companies can live in peace, harmony and goodwill from now on. Hard to swallow, isn’t it? Now you know why they didn’t announce this yesterday – no one would have believed it was true. Sun, Microsoft settle suit in billion-dollar pact http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0402sunsettl.html?net
How long can it last? Sun and Microsoft today said that they have kissed and made up, settling a number of squabbles in one fell swoop. Microsoft is paying Sun nearly $2 billion to put anti-trust issues, patent issues and royalty issues to bed. There is also some talk of collaboration and licensing so that the companies can live in peace, harmony and goodwill from now on. Hard to swallow, isn’t it? Now you know why they didn’t announce this yesterday – no one would have believed it was true.
Sun, Microsoft settle suit in billion-dollar pact
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0402sunsettl.html?net
Wireless LAN Switch Showdown
This is your last chance to get involved in our Virtual Showdown on wireless LAN switches. Go ahead, fire away at our panelists – that’s what this thing is all about.
https://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1242
IBM to buy mainframe mgmt. veteran
IBM Thursday announced plans to acquire management software maker Candle Corp., a longtime partner and sometime competitor, for an undisclosed sum.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0401ibmcandle.html?net
Cybersecurity group releases recommendations
A computer industry task force that includes representatives from Microsoft and Computer Associates issued its first round of recommendations on Thursday for improving software security, including a role for the U.S. government in supporting creation of secure software products.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0401cybergroup2.html?net
Today at “Layer 8,” where we’re fresh off applying for a gig at Google’s Lunar Labs:
Get your April Fool’s Day fake news roundup; Steve Ballmer’s biggest regret; how to turn a disposable camera into a digital camera; and it’s the last day to enter this week’s caption contest; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Cisco warns of hacking toolkit
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0329ciscohack.html?net
2. Novell moves beyond NetWare
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0329novell.html?net
3. Networking is a joke
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0329widernetcomedy.html?net
4. Cisco, Alcatel likely to win AT&T edge: analyst
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0329cisalcatel.html?net
5. Copper versions, lower prices make 10G more tempting
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/032910gig.html?net
