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AOL risks losing out on Windows XP
News AOL Time Warner may miss the chance to bundle its online service software with Windows XP, according to sources close to negotiations between the media giant and Microsoft. Because there are still technical issues to be worked out to ensure the AOL...
[June 5, 2001, 9:00]
Win XP windfall for PC makers
News Several PC makers report fierce negotiations with a variety of software companies and service providers for valuable Windows XP real estate, but none yet reports reaching a final agreement. A representative of RealNetworks, which sells streaming...
[August 2, 2001, 9:57]
Negotiators step in to software deals
News Software vendors such as Oracle have also moved to change compensation for sales representatives, eliminating the incentives to ink last-minute deals that can lead to tough negotiations. Disbrow said rights to transfer software from one operating...
[August 22, 2002, 13:01]
Kazaa plays on despite threat of fines
News You could derive from that, that the negotiations have went in a such a way that for now no fines have to be paid," he said. The Dutch court decision came in a suit brought by Kazaa against Dutch copyright organisation Buma/Stemra, which has been...
[December 21, 2001, 10:13]
Sega, Microsoft go separate ways
News Despite the announcement, negotiations between the two companies continued until late last week. Sega of America's director of marketing, Charles Bellfield, wouldn't state the nature of the negotiations but said that the companies "were speaking on...
[June 5, 2000, 8:13]
Government still tech agnostic despite Vista concerns
News The outcomes I want [from the negotiations] are to see young people access all sorts of software [and] to feel confident with the use of open-source and proprietary software. There can be considerable cost benefits [with open source], and we're in...
[January 9, 2008, 15:55]
Java standards battle nears close
News In March, Sun offered JBoss a chance to license the software tests that certify J2EE compliance, but the negotiations promptly broke down. If the negotiations are successful, Bickel said JBoss could do the development and testing needed to gain...
[July 31, 2003, 14:00]
US Report: Settlement negotiations could change Windows 98
News According to attorneys close to the negotiations, Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and state attorneys general from Connecticut, New York and Iowa are pushing a series of concessions from Microsoft in lieu of filing against the software giant.
[May 15, 1998, 8:41]
MS messaging tactics recall browser wars Pt II
News Long term, these negotiations matter. Microsoft could be further emboldened by contract negotiations with AOL involving the new operating system. That may encourage Microsoft to push harder with plans to tightly integrate its instant messenger and...
[June 7, 2001, 16:02]
Peace breaks out in RIM-Palm conflict
News After that, Fabris said negotiations with Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM were put on the back burner as Sunnyvale, California-based Palm then acquired Handspring and developed the Treo 650. We know about the lawsuit and it was built into the...
[October 17, 2005, 16:55]
Google protects its search results
News When asked about Google's negotiations with software companies such as WebPosition Gold, Google declined to comment, saying only that automated queries slow its system. Winters said his company has attempted to work out negotiations with Google on...
[April 16, 2002, 14:47]
Rollout of NHS e-record software faces more delays
News However, CSC and Connecting for Health said on Tuesday that they are still in negotiations over the contract. The North West Strategic Health Authority said it was not able to comment on the document, given the continuation of negotiations.
[May 22, 2008, 9:27]
Sun drops out of Eclipse
News Ending several months of negotiations, Sun Microsystems has decided not to join the Eclipse open-source tools effort backed by rival IBM. Initially, the two parties discussed disbanding NetBeans but quickly shifted negotiations to explore ways to...
[December 4, 2003, 8:15]
Premier moved goalposts in football game deal - Eidos
News Commenting on the collapse of negotiations with the Premier League for a £10 million deal which was to give Eidos exclusive rights to all of the insignias, strips, and names of all of the players in football's Premiership, Sparks added: "For the...
[September 10, 1997, 9:55]
AOL, Microsoft dissolve Windows XP talks
News AOL Time Warner's resistance to opening its instant messaging network to rivals also may have played a role in the negotiations' collapse, said one source. But Microsoft spokesman Vivek Varma said no single issue led to the severing of negotiations.
[June 18, 2001, 10:10]
Linux looks good on server
News It has been negotiating for months now with Linux Global Partners in New York in this regard, but those negotiations have so far gone nowhere. But a source close to the negotiations said the price has been slashed to $1.5m -- and the deal is still...
[May 22, 2001, 11:51]
Becta: Educating Microsoft
News What sort of discounts are you achieving for schools through your negotiations with Microsoft? Do you have any other goals in your negotiations with Microsoft? With all the competing alternatives to Microsoft software — some of which you have...
[February 1, 2007, 12:26]
Microsoft offer considered inadequate
News Sceptical government lawyers consider an 11th-hour offer from Microsoft to settle its antitrust trial so inadequate in important areas that there were no immediate plans to resume negotiations in Chicago, people close to the case said Saturday.
[March 27, 2000, 7:35]
Java start-up sues Sun over software patents
News The latest example of this behavior is the filing of the present action despite an agreement the parties entered into allowing additional time for business negotiations to take place, and despite the fact the parties were exploring additional...
[March 16, 2006, 9:50]
The push behind Microsoft's Office moves
News Stephen O'Grady, an analyst for research firm Red Monk, said it's worth noting that the XML announcement was prodded by negotiations with the government of Denmark. O'Grady noted Microsoft's ongoing negotiations with the European Union.
[December 3, 2003, 13:50]
