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Disney has Microsoft captive

Dramatic evidence

By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco (andrew.orlowski@theregister.co.uk)

Posted in Bootnotes, 24th October 2002 22:45 GMT

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AP's Suzanne Plunkett has exposed the relationship between the entertainment industry and the technology industry, in a dramatic new photograph.

The relationship, which has been marked by shadowy (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/17009.html) backroom politics and draconian technology (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25940.html), is thrust blinking into daylight. And as we suspected, it's a highly uneven contest: Disney clearly has the most powerful software company in the world captive.

As you can see, here. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/tc/081402tech&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=0&l=1&e=3&a=0&t=)

Is that a Fritz Chip in his pocket, or is he just pleased to see Minnie? ®

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