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Sun Microsystems inc.

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(NOTE: Sun Microsystem is in the process of being bought by Oracle. This page will probably remain after the merger.)

Sun Microsystems inc. (Sun) is a hardware and software company that has fought against software patents.


Paying Kodak for nothing

Sun paid $92 million to Kodak for protection against patents that Kodak claimed were being infringed by Sun's Java technology.[1][2] Kodak originally asked for $1 billion.[3]

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://blogs.sun.com/Gregp/entry/are_software_patents_useful
  2. ↑ www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/04/kodak_wins_java/
  3. ↑ www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/07/kodak_sun_settle/
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