Microsoft, Amazon strike patent deal covering Kindle and Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 23, 2010 5:28 AM EDT
TechFlash; By Todd Bishop
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Microsoft and Amazon.com have reached an agreement that gives each company a license to the other's patent portfolio, in a way that could revive one of the Redmond company's longest-running controversies. That's because Microsoft says the deal grants Amazon patent-related "coverage" for its use of open-source and proprietary technologies in its Kindle e-reader, and for its use of Linux-based computer servers.

[You smell what I smell? Microsoft FUD.. - Scott]

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