In many ways, in fact, Westinghouse resembled General Electric GEE), another industrial conglomerate that relied on basic technologies.
In the suits, Fujitsu, Japan's top computer maker, claimed that Samsung violated Fujitsu patents on basic technologies used in the production of plasma display panels, the crucial component in plasma TV's.
Imports were halted in April after Fujitsu filed suits in Japan and the United States claiming that Samsung SDI, 20percentt of which is held by Samsung Electronics, violated Fujitsu patents on basic technologies used in the production of plasma display panels, the crucial component in flat-panel plasma televisions.
Last month the Government Accountability Office opined the project would end up costing $200 billion and noted that the various contractors can't agree on basic technologies.
The profit is in cabin accouterments and comfort add-ons, not in the basic technology that every car has, such as a drive train and four tires.
This chapter reports on developing the basic technology for the HTS transformer, and presents the results of individual tests of the HTS transformer.
"For years, when critics were wondering what was taking Kodak so long to get into the digital camera market, the company always said, 'We have lots of patents on a lot of the basic technology, and however digital photography plays out we'll make money on this.'" Worthington adds: "It sounded wishy-washy, but that doesn't mean it's not true".
Microsoft's business began with the operating system -- first MS-DOS and then Windows -- a basic technology platform on which software developers write applications.
Would the industry just collapse in on itself or is the basic technology modifiable so as to eliminate the danger?
With Swickis, they've taken the basic technology and added on a "do it yourself" interface to allow a much larger number of sites, particularly blogs, to also integrate search direclty into their content.
