Why did Sendo bury the hatchet with MS?
Analysis Microsoft and Sendo have brought an end to a legal war that looked like it could bankrupt the Brummie start-up phone maker. Just shy of two years after the dispute began, the two parties have lit the peace pipe on terms which remain undisclosed. For the year to the end of September 2003, the case cost Sendo a hefty £6m. That included £2.2m of legal expenses, and stock writedowns and supplier liability claims of £3.8m, with more losses in prospect as the case dragged on. To this must be added the revenue Sendo could have made from a successful smart phone launch into the 2002 Christmas season, if the planned Z100 had ever hit the streets.
