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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Exploits ('Steals') Other People's Labour

Playing the Fool

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| ...in 2001 Sony partnered with Toshiba and IBM to create 
| the so-called Cell processor -- a chip so powerful that it 
| would redefine PC-scale power...  
| 
| [...]
| 
| In late 2002, Microsoft approached IBM about making the 
| chip for Microsoft's rival game console, the (as yet 
| unnamed) Xbox 360. In 2003, IBM's Adam Bennett showed 
| Microsoft specs for the still-in-development Cell core ..  
| The result was that Sony's R&D money was spent creating a 
| component for Microsoft to use against it.     
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123069467545545011.html";>


Related:

Playstation3 helps Sony triple annual profit

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/14/playstation3-helps-sony-triple


Sony: world PS3 sales pass 12.8m consoles

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/14/playstation_sales_rise/

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