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  IBM, Microsoft plot Net takeover
Time: 09:44 EST/14:44 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein

IBM and Microsoft have been quietly busy behind the scenes for the last two years building a toll booth that could position the two companies to collect royalties on most if not all Internet traffic. While the technologies that form the foundation of that toll booth have yet to be officially recognized as standards by an independent standards body, the collective strength of IBM and Microsoft could be enough to render Internet standards consortia powerless to stop them.

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