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Microsoft Makes Peace With IBM Antitrust Claims
by David Chartier Jul 1st 2005 at 1:12PM
I'm always amazed at how long this stuff takes: Microsoft finally settled antitrust claims from IBM that hail all the way back to the government's antitrust litigation against Microsoft in the mid-90's. IBM's charges claim discriminatory pricing and overcharging practices, but also cover claims for (what I assume was) the obliteration of their OS/2 operating system and SmartSuite desktop app.The damages awarded? A nice round $775 million payment to IBM, as well as a $75 million "gift certificate" good towards Microsoft software.
One stipulation of the settlements: IBM agrees not to seek monetary damages for their server products for two years, and if they do make claims after that time they can't touch events prior to June 30th 2002.
[Via Cnet]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
