Comments on: Android-backing Ericsson Feeds Patent Aggressor Openwave http://techrights.org/2013/01/12/openwave-fed/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: mcinsand http://techrights.org/2013/01/12/openwave-fed/comment-page-1/#comment-134101 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:01:50 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=65625#comment-134101 I think MS can see that their time is limited, which is why they are using extortion to cultivate a funding source. MS has been far more intelligent than Apple, in this regard, since the patents that they use for lawsuit threats are viewed only under conditions of nondisclosure (thank you, Barnes and Nobel, for breaking the silence and showing us these sad examples of ‘IP’). This isn’t an honest business, but a thug model, where MS collects protection money, and Quislings like Samsung pay it rather than go to trial. MS also uses proxies, which helps keep the emptiness of these patents at arms length.

Apple on the other hand has arrogantly done the dirty work themselves, and their public image has rightfully gotten quite tarnished. The Samsung trial showed, how empty Apple’s claims are, just how disconnected their patents are from actual innovation, and, through Velvin Hogan, how mentally dysfunctional you have to be in order to find for Apple.

]]> By: Michael http://techrights.org/2013/01/12/openwave-fed/comment-page-1/#comment-134097 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:42:48 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=65625#comment-134097 Samsung does not pay MS for Linux. They pay MS based on a agreement about Samsung using MS property.

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