Microsoft's strategy so far seems to be to choke the air out of Android by going after the handset vendors and not Google itself. If they can use the Nortel pat

Microsoft's strategy so far seems to be to choke the air out of Android by going after the handset vendors and not Google itself. If they can use the Nortel patents to further this strategy then they could seriously hinder Android's growth by making it too expensive for handset makers to continue to sell Android phones. Personally I find this collective ganging-up on a disruptive newcomer while shrieking about the sanctity of "innovation" to be one of the most disgustingly disingenuous tactics I've seen in 13 years of working in software. Neither Microsoft nor Apple would be in business today if they hadn't copied their competitors outright and Google is bringing at least as much real innovation to the mobile marketplace as they are. Witness the wholesale appropriation in iOS 5 of Android's superior notification system, for instance.