Microsoft reach a settlement with the Department of Justice in the U.S. and a Linux system; desktop light is released. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
2001 – Microsoft reach Settlement with the Department of Justice
In the U.S., the U.S. Department of Justice reach a settlement with Microsoft in the anti-trust case that was brought against Microsoft. The parameters of the settlement state that Microsoft will be obligated to license Windows uniformly among all of its distributors as well as provide third-party developers with application programming interfaces (or “middleware”). Further the company has to undertake to refrain entering into exclusive partnerships that prohibit other companies from using software alternatives. Under the agreement, a three-person panel would be appointed to monitor Microsoft’s compliance with the agreement.
2002 – Desktop Light Linux Released
Linux release version 0.1 of Desktop Light Linux (DeLi Linux). The new operating system DeLi is particularly optimized to run on older personal computers. DeLi Linux requires only a 386 processor with 8MB RAM. A full installation with the full package installed requires nearly 400MB of hard disk space.
Images: Wikipedia/Department of Justice
