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MS is sitting on a few tens of billions of dollars in cash. How cynical do you need to be to think this pile is off limits for patent trolls?
by pierrefar 16y ago
MS is sitting on a few tens of billions of dollars in cash. How cynical do you need to be to think this pile is off limits for patent trolls?
- sp332 16y agoThis isn't a random patent troll, this is Paul Allen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen , co-founder of Microsoft. If you're still feeling cynical, you can think of it this way: MS has enough dirt on Allen from his years there to bring him down if he threatens them :-)
- pierrefar 16y agoI know who's involved. Your point about dirt is very valid - I didn't think of it because a patent troll crosses a line after which he doesn't value friends.
- cookiecaper 16y agoNot to mention Allen still probably owns a large amount of Microsoft stock, which would probably not respond well to major patent litigation, especially if MS lost and had to not only pay out damages but re-implement in a non-infringing way.