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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Friday 30 Apr 2010 11:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>
>> HTC pays off Microsoft in Linux protection racket
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| CONVICTED MONOPOLIST Microsoft has managed
>>| to squeeze money from the smartphone maker
>>| HTC for using some of its much talked about
>>| but never revealed patents that Microsoft
>>| claims implicate Linux as part of the
>>| Android OS.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1603069/htc-pays-microsoft-linux-protection-
racket
>
> Still, the fact that Microsoft is leaning on companies for money over the
> Linux-based Android OS will be a little worrying to those in the open
> source community, especially Google, the sponsor of Android. The last
> organisation to try that with Linux was the Vole's sock puppet, SCO.
>
>> Rob Enderle trivialises it:
>>
>> Microsoft's HTC License for Android: Why the Microsoft/Google War Shifted to
>> Microsoft
>>
>> http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/enderle/microsofts-htc-license-for-android-why-the-
microsoftgoogle-war-shifted-to-microsoft/?cs=40900
>
> Trivialize it? He FUDs Google with it:
I meant to say that he makes it sound like a simple case of agreement.
It was actually a "settlement", so Microsoft must have threatened to sue like Apple.
> However, licensing Microsoft technology for a Google product is, to my
> knowledge, very unusual and speaks to the risks associated with licensing
> a product like Android, which is nearly free and is a blend of
> intellectual property that the provider doesn't completely own and
> can't protect. Microsoft just announced that it sold a license to HTC
> to protect HTC's Android-based products. This would be like HP
> selling a license to Boeing to use IBM products and getting more for the
> license than IBM got for the hardware.
>
> . . .
>
> But this has broader implications: It shows a major shift in the battle,
> and another decisive loss for Google (on top of China). It indicates that
> Microsoft is now winning the fight. Let's talk about all of this.
>
>> Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
>>
>> Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
>
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