Much of the operation has been outsourced to companies that do not have any relationship with the former model of operation.

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So Microsoft shifted gears and developed the Extender model which put a CE device at each TV with the real brains of the operation on a PC hidden away back in an office -- where PCs belong.

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The operation here is an example of how Saab Aerospace and Defence have modified their business model.

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