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Uhh, none of those are patent trolls. Sure they may sue their competitors but they actually make products. Patent trolls by definition do not.

• onetimemanytime 8y ago
  So "patent troll" must be for tech to shun and declare upon them? Crushing your competition with everything possible is any better?
  • steve_musk 8y ago
    I can’t reallly understand what you are trying to say. But I think most people here would agree that running a company that does something useful is better than just sitting on patents and suing people for infringing on them.
    • onetimemanytime 8y ago
      My point is that we disagree with a lot of founders. Now he wrote an article, he either has a point on that article or he doesn't. If we started to shun smart people for something they did or didn't do (he says, I bought the patents and I'm monetizing them in legal ways) a lot would be lost.
    • candiodari 8y ago
      I think the point would be that Microsoft certainly makes products for a profit. And let's be honest: they're pretty useful products. At best, in their case, it's their side projects that we have issues with.