However two of the original complainants, Ciao and Foundem, already have links to Microsoft.

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He also announced a partnership with Dell, which will soon come loaded with Microsoft's Windows Live suite of software, and links between Windows Live and the social-networking site, Facebook.

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Microsoft envisions some version of this software becoming the home platform that links all devices.

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