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Sony, NEC to Merge Optical Drive Teams

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the friction-waiting-to-happen dept.

illeism writes to tell us The Register is reporting that Sony and NEC are planning on merging their optical drive divisions. From the article: "Sony will be the bigger of the two stakeholders in the joint venture. It will own 55 per cent of Sony NEC Optiarc, to NEC's 45 per cent. Indeed, the JV will be run by Sony staffer Shinichi Yamamura, currently deputy president of Sony's Video Business Group."

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  1. Extra features by NiteShaed · · Score: 2, Funny

    And will the rootkit now come directly from the drive, before you ever insert a CD/DVD?

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  2. Re:Why does everything have to be abbreviated? by Mr2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, now you've done it. Some poor guy in a library in Kansas isn't going to be able to load this page now, because it contains the word "joint".

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  3. Optiarc? by dubl-u · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, Optiarc is a terrible name. Perhaps we could get them to call it Optigrab?

  4. Ugh. by beavis88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I like my NEC DVD writers - cheap, reliable, and very quiet. I assume that at the very least the "cheap" part will change, and if we're lucky, we'll get some bonus "DRM up the ass" to boot.