Broadcom Reaps Patent Suit Benefits
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| The chipmaker is snaring Qualcomm customers before the patent infringement
| ruling is final, as wireless players scramble amid supply worries
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| "Several [manufacturers] have been pushing Broadcom and Microsoft to build
| this development center," says John Starkweather, general manager of mobile
| communications at Microsoft. He adds that, later this year, a major
| manufacturer will release a Windows Mobile device based on a Broadcom
| baseband chip.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2007/tc20070826_053750.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Broadcom's products are so Linux-hostile, so it's no surprising to see their
vicious behaviour and strong ties with Microsoft.
A Microsoft legend's next great adventure
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| There's a healthy dose of skepticism in the programming community that
| Intentional will accomplish its goal. IBM and Cornell set up similar systems
| that were shunned by programmers. And MIT's Edwards is dubious of
| Intentional's attempt to patent its system in an age when open-source
| rules. "It feels archaic, frankly, to have all of this secrecy, the patents
| and NDAs," he says of Intentional, which has thus far released few technical
| details. "The only way you have an influence today is by giving it away."
|
| [...]
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| Some programmers agree. "Software's job isn't to be well written and cool,"
| says Andrew Brooman, a 25-year programming veteran in Florida. "Its job is to
| solve business problems." If he's right, Simonyi's Microsoft wealth could be
| just the beginning of an even greater fortune.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/27/technology/intentional_software.biz2/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
Another new case of harassment:
Motorola sues Aruba for patent infringement
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| Mobile-phone maker Motorola said on Tuesday that two of its subsidiaries had
| sued Aruba Networks for patent infringement related to wireless local-area
| network technologies.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1035_22-6204875.html
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