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To: Phillip C. Lee who wrote (11077)	4/12/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: Idomeneus	Read Replies (2) of 213176

Phillip, I went to the Apple Press Releases pages and I was wrong--the announcement of the patent settlements between Apple and Microsoft for an undisclosed amount of cash was not stated in the press releases. I know I heard it from some official Apple source, I just can't remember where (I doubt Jobs mentioned it in his keynote). Just so y'all didn't think I was totally making up this fact, I tried to search all the rumor sites for references for it, and failed miserably mostly because I couldn't find archives that far back. I did find one reference to it in my short search, an editorial by Gary W. Longsine on the Stepwise site (a site for OpenStep/Rhapsody enthusiasts): stepwise.com He says a little less than mid-way down the page, in the "The 150 Million Dollar Red Herring" section-- "Of course the additional undisclosed sum for settlement of the patent disputes might double this figure, but we're still talking petty cash." Actually, just about every Mac site commented on the undisclosed settlement back then--pitty I can't find more of the comments on it now. But I just wanted you to know that I didn't just make this up. My last post for the day . . . Paul Arthur

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