In 2004, after having cultivated a reputation as one of Microsoft's most vocal antagonists, Sun entered into a joint relationship with them, resolving various legal entanglements between the two companies and receiving US$1.95 billion in settlement payments from them. Sun supported Microsoft Windows on its x64 systems, and announced other collaborative agreements with Microsoft, including plans to support each other's virtualization environments.
in 2004 after having cultivated a reputation as one of microsoft's most vocal antagonists sun entered into a joint relationship with them resolving various legal entanglements between the two companies and receiving us$195 billion in settlement payments from them sun supported microsoft windows on its x64 systems and announced other collaborative agreements with microsoft including plans to support each other's virtualization environments