A federal jury ruled that a 1976 technology-sharing agreement between the two companies gave AMD the right to make chips by copying Intel microcode, a type of software imbedded in its microprocessors. The Canadian government wants to give single-window access to services from information on unemployment insurance to research materials in government libraries, while taking special precautions to protect individual privacy. The arrangement could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars over the next five years, and places IBM in an advantageous position for bidding on similar contracts. The number of portable-phone users today is 15 million. It's not yet known who will buy out whom, or if the two firms will opt to modify the joint ownership agreement.
Old equipment is part of the problem.
National Airport at the Nation's capital uses a 1967 Sperry Univac.