Microsoft and Onkyo Announce Two Business Agreements
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| Although the contents of the agreement (including the specific financial
| terms) are confidential, the parties indicated that Onkyo will provide
| compensation to Microsoft.
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/mar08/03-20MSOnkyoPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases
It doesn't say anything about what patents/products are involved (boiler room
deal, as in shotgun and kneecap), but there is only the /possibility/. Old
article:
Onkyo Embeds Linux in Your Living Room
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| Onkyo also sells a line of high-end gear targeted towards custom
| installations under its Integra brand. Onkyo offers products similar to the
| NC500 and TX-NR900, but with additional capabilities. What's most
| interesting, though, is the Integra NAS-2.3 Net-Tune Server.
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| [...]
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| Running on the Integra product is an embedded Linux operating system, which
| acts as the server software.
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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,826536,00.asp
Related:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Microsoft's SEC:
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
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