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Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods
malx writes "Says the Financial Times: 'Matsushita and Sony have agreed to jointly develop the Linux operating system for digital consumer electronic products, in a highly unusual and cooperative deal between two of the fiercest rivals in the industry.' Interesting because Sony and Matsushita are bitter foes: this shows they're even more scared of Microsoft." update Sorry, it's a dupe.
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Instead of a repeated slashdot story, how about some boobies?
News that matters so much, we post it twice, sometimes three times.
You know you're a geek if you've ever replied to a tagline.
I I think think this this is is a a dupe dupe.
While the Sony's have lived in the modern world for awhile, and have gotten it, as well as being on both sides of it, Matsuhita electric is perhaps the most traditional and conservitive of Japanese companies. I have known these people (Matsushita) for much of my life, from some of their board members down. This is an organization so steeped in it's own traditions and dogma (yes, they really do have a "250 year" business plan, and never make fun of the founders light bulb socket :), with engineering departments so conservitivily organized, that for them to support open development of GPL software is really much like the Pope encouraging contraction!
(Score:5, Interesting)
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Timothy, Michael.
Michael, Timothy.
I just thought that you gentlemen might want to be introduced to one another, since you seem to share tastes in reading material.
I mean, for pity's sake, as of my writing this, it's still on the front page.
In a world without walls, there is no need for Windows.
So what other ways (besides forcing a manual check) can we build into the slash code to help stop this in the future, before an article is posted?
...???...
Any editor posting a dupe will:
1. Have hot grits poured down his pants
2. Be forced to use goatse as his desktop wallpaper
3. Be sent someplace cold IN SOVIET RUSSIA.
4. Problem solved
5.
6. Profit!!!
To jumpstart their highly cooperative effort, and in an attempt to appease to many geeks, both Sony and Matsushita submitted news stories to Slashdot.org, a geek terrorist hangout.
After both stories made the front page of the outlaw website, Sony and Matsushita expressed doubts about the level of cooperation.
"If we can't get this right, how are we going to resolve more complex issues?" said Matsushita representative.
Sony representative made a similar point, adding that the two companies will go back to being fierce rivals again.
Exactly how much did VA Linux pay for you guys ?