[ILUG] MicroSoft News

[Gerard Keating]

SURPRISE SETTLEMENT EVENLY SPLITS MICROSOFT;
ONE FIRM TO MAKE SOFTWARE, OTHER TO MAKE PATCHES

Redmond, Wash. - In a surprise settlement today with nine U.S. states, 
Microsoft agreed to be split into two independent companies - one that 
will continue to make Microsoft operating systems, browsers, and server 
software, and another, potentially larger company that will make 
patches for Microsoft operating systems, browsers, and server software.