Microsoft will pay 775 million to IBM for OS/2
The long antimonopoly suit between Microsoft and federal government has been closed recently. As a result the software developer from Redmond agreed to pay 775 million dollars to IBM and also provide 75-million credit to use Microsoft´s software in IBM.
IBM was considered complainant of Microsoft´s monopoly actions. The court confirmed that these negatively affected IBM OS/2 and SmartSuite applications.
Well, it seems IBM was compensated for its forced leave from the personal OS market. But what about users? In many cases there are no real alternatives to software from Microsoft, no matter what OpenSource fans say.
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