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Originally Posted by murraypaul
That doesn't sound a million miles away from chucking a bit of money at a struggling company to buy off a (defence to a) lawsuit.
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Microsoft wasn't defending.
*They* were suing.
B&N was merely whining about the unfairness of those claims. And seeing the judge toss out all their motions. MS didn't *have* to give B&N anything.
They merely chose (for business reasons) *not* to drive them to bankruptcy.