[mdlug] Microsoft says Android infringes on its patents

[Bob Dion]

MS patents every thing, doesn't mean they own it or invented it. Which 
leaves everyone else to either pay up or spend millions to prove the 
patent invalid.

One only has to look as far back and the i4i suit to know MS has no 
respect for IP of others.

On 04/29/2010 12:46 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 13:32 -0400, Jacob Todd wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:50:44AM -0500, Bob Dion wrote:
>>> "Investment"[?] You mean stealing.
>> What have MS stolen?
>
> Nothing; if they hold the patent then they own it.  You can't steal from
> yourself.
>
> I don't understand why people in FOSS land get so worked up about these
> [apparently randomly choosing one to have a fit about].  Especially the
> Novell / Microsoft patent deal - what a @*&^*$ to-do about nothing.
> Tech companies sign these kind of agreements every day;  it is how
> business is done until the legislature changes it.
>
> Does Android violate any M$ patents?  Without a doubt, one doesn't even
> have to look.  It certainly violates patents from dozens of other
> organizations as well.  So these organizations all sign agreements with
> each other to cover their hindquarters from the potential costs.  And M$
> signs such agreements with IBM as undoubtedly M$ tech violates lots of
> IBM patents [who holds more patents than anybody]
>
> I personally wonder what is more annoying:  software patents or software
> patent FUD as perpetrated by
> call-themselves-FOSS-advocates-but-are-really-just-malcontents.
>
> <quote
> source="http://www.jprl.com/Blog/archive/development/mono/2009/Jan-19.html">
> What I find even "funnier" is that Microsoft supposedly holds a number
> of patents in a number of areas frequently used by open-source projects,
> such as HTML, CSS, C++, XML, and others. So why don't we ever see any
> suggestions to avoid these technologies because the Big Bad Microsoft
> might sue?</quote>
>