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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 28 Jun 2011 22:20 : \____
> nessuno wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> <Quote>
>> Microsoft has signed patent-protection agreements with a number of
>> device makers using Linux in their products, including Amazon,TomTom,
>> Melco/Buffalo and more. More recently, Microsoft has been targeting
>> vendors running Google?s Linux-based Android operating system and is
>> working to convince them to pay royalties to Microsoft to cover
>> alleged patent-infringement issues involving Android. HTC signed a
>> patent-protection deal with Microsoft for an undisclosed amount last
>> year that focused on Android.
>>
>> Not all Android vendors are signing on the IP (intellectual property)
>> dotted line, however. Barnes & Noble is in a legal fight with
>> Microsoft over Microsoft?s claim from earlier this year that the
>> Android-based Nook e-reader violates Microsoft patents.
>>
>> Some industry watchers believe Microsoft is currently making more from
>> its Android patent deals than it is from licensing the Windows Phone
>> operating system in the smartphone market.
>> </Quote>
>>
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-convinces-another-android-vendor-to-sign-a-patent-protection-deal/9826?tag=nl.e550
>>
>> Convinced 'em, all right. "Nice little family you have there. Be too
>> bad if something happened to your little girl."
>>
>> Of course they make more money from shaking down Linux than they make
>> selling their own crap.
>
> Repellent, ain't it? :-(
It's not Repellent, it's MICROSOFT{r}.
Scapegoat? LOL.
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