Microsoft<---->Amazon

Gho57 · 02-23-2010, 02:07 PM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000..._sections_tech

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BY NICK WINGFIELD

Microsoft Corp. said it reached a patent licensing agreement with Amazon.com Inc. that gives the online retailer rights to use open-source software in its Kindle electronic book reader and servers based on the Linux operating system.

Under their agreement, Microsoft said Seattle-based Amazon will pay it an undisclosed sum. Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., said in a statement that the deal was a patent cross-license agreement under which it will also gain rights to Amazon patents that it didn't identify.

SamuraiXSendai · 02-24-2010, 06:51 AM

I haven't seen a bsod of death in a long time. Better example would be rrod (Xbox 360). However my Zune HD is the nicest piece of kit I own.

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02-24-2010, 06:51 AM	#2
SamuraiXSendai Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 1234 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Earth Device: Kindle 1. Kindle 2. IPAD. KDXG. Kindle 3.Fire	I haven't seen a bsod of death in a long time. Better example would be rrod (Xbox 360). However my Zune HD is the nicest piece of kit I own.

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