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Attempts to Disrupt Android by Pushing Microsoft Software Into It (Using Patent Blackmail and Cyanogen)

Summary: Microsoft's Android coup d'état is succeeding owing to public apathy and poor comprehension of what Microsoft really is up to, partly due to media misdirection

Promoters of Microsoft try to tell us that Android backers are now turning to Microsoft, but what they don't talk about are the extortion, bribes and back room deals. This new article from Neil McAllister is belittling (by not even mentioning) the role of blackmail in the case of Samsung, the clear leader in the Android world (based on market share). McAllister says that "Microsoft, still struggling to gain a foothold in the smartphone market, is pressing ahead with efforts to have its software bundled on Android devices from major manufacturers, with Samsung as its first partner." This is a classic lie by omission and we have seen it almost everywhere we looked on the Internet (presumably it's the same in the press).



Plastic toy soldiersWhat's rather troubling is that with more patent lawsuits (Microsoft is still suing Android/Linux using software patents) Microsoft might have more such 'partners' (extorted parties) on the way, not to mention bribed 'partners' [1, 2]. Cyanogen got caught opening up to money from Microsoft because they got coverage from Rupert Murdoch-owned media (Wall Street Journal) and interestingly enough it is now Rupert Murdoch who provides funds to this company which turns Android into 'Microsoft Android' (Microsoft software pre-loaded). It isn't too shocking given Rupert Murdoch's close relations with Microsoft and with Bill Gates, let aside his hatred of Google.

According to this report, Cyanogen "has secured $80m (€£54m) in funding from the likes of Twitter, Telefonica and the media mogul Rupert Murdoch." CBS says "Cyanogen raised $80 million in a series C round of funding led by venture-capital firm Premji Invest, the company announced on Monday. Twitter's private-investment arm, Twitter Ventures, as well as Qualcomm, and even media bigwig Rupert Murdoch participated in the funding round. In total, Cyanogen has raised $110 million since 2009."

As we pointed out even years ago, Cyanogen is neither about freedom nor privacy. At the moment it's about pre-loading Microsoft software (surveillance-centric) from Microsoft. It's not hard to see whose interests are being served by Cyanogen.

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