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If this is representative of Google's general approach to dealing with partners, then it should be fully exposed and prosecuted. Google has enough power and mo
by gress 12y ago
If this is representative of Google's general approach to dealing with partners, then it should be fully exposed and prosecuted. Google has enough power and money not to need to act in bad faith like this.
- pyre 12y agoI feel like we need more details to start passing judgement. For all we know VSL is trying to claim that their patent gives them a monopoly over an entire problem domain rather than just a specific implementation. If Google had decided in the middle of talks that they would just roll their own solution, it makes sense to tell their engineers not to touch the details of VSL's system, lest it influence their own implementation/solution.