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I believe reaching to Google from MS was a planned move. And it worked.
by afsina 15y ago
I believe reaching to Google from MS was a planned move. And it worked.
- jan_g 15y agoI have the same sentiment. My guess is that MS offered to team up before all the bidding took place. Google refused, because they wanted to have it all. After the bidding started, Microsoft teamed up with Apple and others. From Microsoft point of view, they win the patents either way. So, bad planning from Google, good planning from Microsoft.
- protomyth 15y agoI would imagine from Microsoft's point of view Apple is "safe" since they have known behavior and agreements with Microsoft already. I do wonder what Microsoft thinks of HTC these days.
- masklinn 15y ago> I believe reaching to Google from MS was a planned move. Of course it was a planned move, it's not like a guy wakes up in the morning and calls a significant competitor to offer a joint bid on a billion+ patent trove while buttering his toasts. > And it worked. The only way for it not to work would be if Google had won their bids. As long as MSFT's joint bid got the prize they got out happy. Google tried to play a hard game, and they blew it.