[Free-sklyarov-uk] Sony robotic dog advert

[iriXx]

thanks heaps!

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Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 05:18:14PM +0100, iriXx wrote:
> 
>>>I think that the bit I'm missing is that, of course, Sony
>>>is big enough that it expects to be able to force the
>>>adoption of standards which are restricted (for instance,
>>>by patents) and use this to create a competitive advantage
>>>for itself in the marketplace. Cf. Microsoft and the PC
>>>boot loader.
>>
>>this is also very interesting to me - do you have any URLs or references 
>>where i can get a background on the Microsoft/ PC boot loader story?
> 
> 
> http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1115/byt20010824s0001/
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21410.html
> http://www.beincorporated.com/press/pressreleases/02-02-19_msft_complaint.html
> http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+bootloader+beos+antitrust
> 
> 


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