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Exactly which part of investing billions of dollars acquiring and developing a technology and giving it away for free, lowering the price of consumer devices, n
by mythz 13y ago
Exactly which part of investing billions of dollars acquiring and developing a technology and giving it away for free, lowering the price of consumer devices, needs to be prevented?
If they've discovered a business model that enables them to invest, develop and freely distribute their own tech to end-users benefits, they should encouraged, not a victim of established cartels using their cash war-chest to buy B.S. patents that they can use as anti-competitive weapons to legally attack their competitors instead of competing against them technically in the market-place.
- Ygg2 13y agoALL OF IT! Seriously, who wants cheap superior products? Not me, that's who. On a serious note, I hope those patents, get downturned and that 4.5 billion investment goes sour for all involved.
- jmodp 13y ago>> Exactly which part of investing billions of dollars acquiring and developing a technology and giving it away for free, lowering the price of consumer devices, needs to be prevented? The part where it ends up eliminating competition and results in a mono culture?
- mythz 13y agoIt only results in a Mono culture if others are unable to compete. Regardless, the world is better off with a mono culture around an OSS project than a walled-garden keeping everyone hostage to their whims.