Microsoft and Amazon reach agreement
February 28th, 2010 admin
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Section: Computers , Hardware , Software / Applications , Gadgets / Other , ebooks Microsoft and Amazon have announced an agreement that would give the companies access to each other’s patents. The deal includes both the popular Kindle and Amazon’s use of Linux based servers, and Microsoft’s FAT, ClearType, and other technologies. “Microsoft’s patent portfolio is the largest and strongest in the software industry, and this agreement demonstrates our mutual respect for intellectual property as well as our ability to reach pragmatic solutions to IP issues regardless of whether proprietary or open source software is involved,…
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