LXer: Ballmer: Android ain't free. Microsoft gets paid.

LXer · 10-04-2010, 05:00 PM

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On the back of the news that Microsoft (MSFT) is suing Motorola (MOT) for patent infringments related to Android, Steve Ballmer tells the Wall Street Journal that HTC is paying a license fee for its use of Android...and that other Android manufactures may be forced to do the same.

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craigevil · 10-04-2010, 05:49 PM

Crap like this is why patents are a bad idea.

Microsoft is just mad because Google came out with a great OS that is much better than any version of Windows.

Oracle suing Google is the same crap.

Hangdog42 · 10-05-2010, 07:27 AM

Google needs to step in and put a stop to this. For years, Microsoft has been extorting companies using Linux based on some un-defined set of patents. Right now Google is the only company with pockets deep enough to tell MS where to put their patents.

Kenny_Strawn · 10-05-2010, 08:05 AM

Agreed with both of you: M$ and Or₳c£e are both in the wrong and both deserve to die a slow, painful, torturous death at Satan's command.

Or₳c£e, for one, trying to sue Google for using a programming language that was GPL in the first place is (1) a GPL violation and (2) completely evil FOSS conduct.

Then, there's M$, who's well-known for their being proponents of software patents -- so long as only they can use them. This is Darwinian and therefore a complete violation of the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts.

brianL · 10-05-2010, 08:10 AM

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easuter · 10-05-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by brianL

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Kenny_Strawn · 10-05-2010, 09:14 AM

Just what the hell are you guys talking about, easuter and brianL?

sycamorex · 10-05-2010, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

Just what the hell are you guys talking about, easuter and brianL?

I think they might be referring to your regular keyboard mulfunctions when you're spelling the name Microsoft.

brianL · 10-05-2010, 10:07 AM

I'll translate my post for you, Kenny. Thus:
Kenny, your keyboard is malfunctioning again.

I haven't worked out easuter's post.

easuter · 10-05-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

I haven't worked out easuter's post.

I held down AltGr and mashed the keyboard.

Makes as much sense as kenny's comment and is just about as pleasant to the eye.

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rkski · 10-05-2010, 04:30 PM

The fact that anti-competitive bully M$ gets paid should be investigated as a criminal act of some sort. Even if they are somehow legally entitled to the money due to lobbying/political pressure to allow them to get away with this, buying an android-based phone is better for the general public even if some money does go to M$ evil empire. I hope the new win phone has the same fate as the kin. I think Win7 desktop(which was an improved/efficient Vista) was M$'s last big bang and it's all downhill from there.

Jeebizz · 10-05-2010, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by rkski

The fact that anti-competitive bully M$ gets paid should be investigated as a criminal act of some sort. Even if they are somehow legally entitled to the money due to lobbying/political pressure to allow them to get away with this, buying an android-based phone is better for the general public even if some money does go to M$ evil empire. I hope the new win phone has the same fate as the kin. I think Win7 desktop(which was an improved/efficient Vista) was M$'s last big bang and it's all downhill from there.

[sarcasm]Remember boys and girls, lobbying isn't really bribery, and you can't buy off the US government.[/sarcasm]

Kenny_Strawn · 10-05-2010, 05:21 PM

And brianL: Just because I use satiric misspellings of Microsoft's name does NOT mean that my keyboard is malfunctioning!!!!!!! It just means I know just what M$ is doing to the world!!!!!

brianL · 10-06-2010, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

NOT

Hahaha! Could you add a bit more emphasis there, please?

MrCode · 10-06-2010, 06:19 AM

Kenny, I think the point they're trying to make is that you're being a bit overzealous with your "satirical misspellings", and it comes off as immature. Really, you don't have to feel compelled to type "Mi¢ro$oft" instead of just "Microsoft", or others.

The term "keyboard malfunction" was used jokingly...nobody really thinks you're having hardware problems.