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It's actually pretty clear, Microsoft is extorting small players. If Microsoft had patents that were actually valid it would go after IBM, Intel, Google or Red
by Tsagadai 15y ago
It's actually pretty clear, Microsoft is extorting small players. If Microsoft had patents that were actually valid it would go after IBM, Intel, Google or Red Hat. They all have more money and use Linux far more widely and deeply. But Microsoft doesn't go after those companies because it would lose those cases. Microsoft is targeting companies without the power or will (it isn't their core business at stake) to make a buck off other people's innovations. I think someone should call Microsoft's bluff already.
- dmoney 15y agoMicrosoft could lose those cases even if its patents were valid.
- nitrogen 15y agoIf a company with Microsoft's legal resources loses a patent infringement suit initiated by Microsoft, chances are very good that they deserved to lose. Besides that, a valid patent is not enough; they would need patents that are valid (meaning novel, non-obvious, and no prior art from academia or commerce), and infringed by Linux.