While we are confident that Microsoft ultimately will prevail in these lawsuits, we are disappointed that we have missed the opportunity to improve education for disadvantaged children while resolving litigation,

It will certainly be tens of millions of dollars, but the cost will be determined in part by the total volume of software that's requested and provided to the schools over the five-year period.

You don't go to be the president of a research center and get paid $10 million to go interview undergraduates. This makes him the highest paid human resources director in history.

We are really pleased with the judge's order,

He can't tell them what to do, he can't direct them, he can't manage them.

Sun apparently decided that it no longer likes the deal it made more than a year and a half ago. Sun's suit may make for good PR, but its claims are not grounded in fact or law. We are disappointed that it has come to this, but we have upheld our end of the bargain. Sun has not.