If only settling with Microsoft indemnified ODMs from future litigation risk! This is not about providing a cheap alternative to patent-related legal services,

If only settling with Microsoft indemnified ODMs from future litigation risk! This is not about providing a cheap alternative to patent-related legal services, it's about a dynastic enterprise using the threat of a flawed patent system against it's partners and former partners to regain lost competitive advantage in the market place! The silver lining is still a silver lining just for Microsoft. Sales of Windows phone 7 speak for themselves (and the ODMs)