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I love how the real MS shows up from time to time to remind us that all the 'new openness' and fair play talk is exactly that, and probably always will be.
by rch 13y ago
I love how the real MS shows up from time to time to remind us that all the 'new openness' and fair play talk is exactly that, and probably always will be.
- gnoway 13y agoI tend to agree with the sentiment, but exactly what ill-intent does acquiring patents actually demonstrate?
- rch 13y agoThat's a fair question, and maybe I am jumping the gun with this particular set of patents. But my interpretation is in context with other patent licensing news (March 26th, 2014): http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2P1VC20140326?irpc=932 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2P1VC20140326?irpc... So I was primed to read this as opening a new front in an ongoing, contemporary effort to use patents aggressively. Maybe the downvotes are a clear signal that I'm destined to be proven wrong in this regard. I guess we'll see.
- nestlequ1k 13y agoLet's see, Microsoft is extorting $3.4bil a year off a technology it did absolutely nothing to contribute to (Android). The ill-intent is that they are betting on AR succeeding too so that they can extort money off that.