United States : LA Spends Microsoft s Money On A Google Contract (GOOG, MSFT).Byline: Mamta03 Google (GOOG GOOG Google, Inc. (stock symbol) ) just landed a nice 5-year, $7.25 million dollar contract from Los Angeles to overhaul its 30,000 users' email with Google Gmail and Apps. (For those who are trying to figure out how much Google might eventually make from Apps, that's $1.45 million per year, or $48/year per seat.) What's funny though is how LA is paying for Google's software. It turns out LA will use $1.5 million from a settlement in a 2006 class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax against Microsoft (MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) to help pay the bills. The money comes from a $70 million lawsuit by six California counties alleging Microsoft used its monopoly status to price gouge gouge (gouj) a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone. gouge n. A strong curved chisel used in bone surgery. gouge a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone. . Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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