Microsoft, IBM settle antitrust case
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft will pay IBM $775 million and give it another $75 million in credit under an antitrust settlement announced by the two companies Friday.
The settlement resolves all discriminatory pricing and overcharging claims stemming from the U.S. government's mid-1990s antitrust case against Microsoft, the companies said in a press release. The settlement also resolves most other IBM antitrust claims, including those related to its OS/2 operating system and SmartSuite products. IBM's claims of harm to its server hardware and server software businesses are not covered by the settlement.