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Microsoft is Attacking Android Like Never Before, Qisda the Latest to Sign Patent Extortion Deal

Microsoft says it wants peace, but actions suggest otherwise

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Summary: More blackmail and propaganda against Android, courtesy of the gentler, kinder, 'new' Microsoft

DESPITE recent Outlook scandals, Microsoft is trying hard to inject it into Android devices, either by blackmail or by bribing (as we correctly foresaw). Microsoft's Mouth wrote about it and so did other embedded 'journalists' of Microsoft or friendly media. They help the "embrace, extend, extinguish" efforts of Microsoft (targeting Android). One site called it "crapware [...] for Android" (crapware being Microsoft spyware). Some say that Microsoft is developing software to wipe Android from Android devices and install Windows instead. Here is the next potential step towards it [1, 2] (Microsoft can delete Android from the Windows partition).



These attacks on Android sure are serious and Microsoft lobbied (usually through proxies) European regulators to help with the attacks. Quoting Microsoft proxies, the Microsoft-friendly Cade Metz continues his anti-Linux blitz in Condé Nast (toxic agenda). The headline is equally toxic, as should expected from Metz. It says "Google Faces Huge Forces in Fight Over Android’s Future" and it's full of anti-Android talking points from Microsoft front groups. There is some kind of deliberate attack on Android in the media; Microsoft's booster Julie Bort helps an anti-Android company right now and all that Microsoft boosters can do at the moment is promote Microsoft spyware for Android, unless they just trash Android. Mark Hachman, a Senior Editor at IDG, promotes Microsoft's overpriced and underpowered product by framing it as a Google 'killer' or whatever. His byline says "Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats." Well, enough said...

In other news, Microsoft continues with the effort to extort Android/Linux. As Fagioli, an occasional troll against GNU/Linux, put it the other day: "Microsoft continues earning money from Linux -- increases patent licensing agreements". While we know these deals are patent deals, we do not know if anything at all is being paid to Microsoft, so Fagioli lacks evidence. Fagioli wrote: "If you choose to laugh at Microsoft over its mobile presence, feel free, but please know that Microsoft is laughing too; all the way to the bank. What you may not know is, Microsoft makes money from Android handset sales thanks to its patent portfolio. In fact, it also collects money from Chromebooks too. In other words, Microsoft is profiting from Linux, since both operating systems are based on the kernel. Today, Microsoft increases its number of patent licensing agreements, by making a deal with Qisda Corp."

"Microsoft attacks Android using entryism, lobbying, media distortion, extortion, misguided regulators, etc."Qisda is not widely known to the public (Wikipedia has some details) and whether it pays anything at all to Microsoft we do not know. Google, in reaction to such offensive deals, pursues and gets granted thousands of patents per year. It is now trying to buy some more. As IDG has just put it: "Looking to offload some patents and make some extra cash? Google may be an interested buyer.

"The Web giant on Monday launched a Patent Purchase Promotion, an "experiment to remove friction from the patent market and improve the landscape." On May 8, Google plans to open a portal where you'll be able to tell the company about the patents you're willing to sell, and how much you're looking to make."

Vista 10 (merely a brand, or "marketing" as Microsoft puts it) for mobile phones is a total joke and a dead end without any signs of gains, only massive financial losses. Microsoft is reportedly bricking phones with Vista 10 Preview. The report is inherently flawed, however, because as iophk put it: "The shill can't even make an honest comparison there, he has to restrict it to within Microsoft world. Most "popular" Windoes(r) phone..."

We too spotted this article the other day. We found it when looking for articles of the same author, after he had attacked GNU/Linux or something along those lines.

In summary, there is no 'new' Microsoft. Microsoft attacks Android using entryism, lobbying, media distortion, extortion, misguided regulators, etc. Extortion apparently does not bother regulators, even if it's against the law. To say that Microsoft loves Linux is like calling Stalin a man of peace.

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