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What I don't understand is why this is strictly against Motorola. What does the Droid line do that others do not to warrant this?
by twymer 16y ago
What I don't understand is why this is strictly against Motorola. What does the Droid line do that others do not to warrant this?
- ahi 16y agoI gather from the other thread that Motorola used to run WinMo. When your customers don't want to buy your shit, sue them so they have to.
- king_jester 16y agoMotorola still ships WinMo devices, but the only market that still needs them is industry. In NYC, traffic cops carry them, and I know that several food delivery companies use them. Between this patent suit and the late to the party Windows Phone 7, I hope Microsoft finally dies in the mobile phone space.
- rbanffy 16y agoThey want Motorola to build WinMo 7 phones. They sue because, if they didn't, nobody would bother to build them. It's Extortion 101. You beat up one store-owner of the street so you don't have to beat up all of them. Nobody wants to be the second to be beaten up. You probably can't beat up all of them and that would serve no purpose. I am surprised phone manufacturers - since they cross-license tech all the time - don't create a common defense fund for taking down there lawsuits.
- protomyth 16y agoMicrosoft already got an agreement with HTC, looks like Motorola is next.
- patrickaljord 16y agoDon't think so, if they decided to sue it's because Motorola refused such agreement and because they believe they have a pretty strong case against MS patents.
- enjo 16y agoWhile I'm sure there have been overtures, these lawsuits are often just juice to try and force the settlement.
- rbanffy 16y agoAnd that's why HTC declared it would build a line of WinMo 7 phones. I doubt they would without this kind of... incentive.
- jfb 16y agoYou could sue GOOG (market cap: 167.66B); or, you could sue MOT (19.91B). Which one's a softer target?
- mrj 16y agoMeh, all those billions still buys a gaggle of lawyers.
- nkassis 16y agoWhich makes their move even more despicable. Instead of going to the source they attack a small player. Microsoft was supposed to be rising above this now. The best part, Motorola has a bunch of patents of their own. This will be interesting to see unfold.