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To be fair, it's not like there were an awful lot of people for whom "giving in to empty threats or blackmail" is a point to be considered when purchasing a mob
by DrJokepu 17y ago
To be fair, it's not like there were an awful lot of people for whom "giving in to empty threats or blackmail" is a point to be considered when purchasing a mobile phone, so if they changed their patent licencing practices based on your opinion, they would be "giving in to empty threats or blackmail" as well.
- rbanffy 17y agoYour reasoning is flawed. My threat would only be empty if I were to buy an HTC handset. Since I won't, it's not an empty threat. I intend to follow through. It's, however, not a substantial threat, unless growing a spine becomes a requirement for selling mobile phones. This, unfortunately, is not going to happen anytime soon. Yet, I feel I should take a stand, as principles matter. Too bad. I would respect them more if they bought Palm. That would probably make them own a lot of patents both Apple and Microsoft cross-license.