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There is No ‘New Microsoft’: Under Nadella, Patent Extortion Against Linux/Android Carries on
Kyocera is again being targeted by Microsoft, using patent aggression, with a secret settlement being reached whose negative impact on Android remains to be seen
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
What makes me wonder though is why Microsoft, a huge tech company, focuses on competing by leveraging patents instead of of focusing on innovation. Do they think this is a viable business model? Are they content to be a non-competitor, instead being a leech in the tech innovation space?
Yeah - hard to believe that with that many employees they can't come up with some original ideas.
If their hiring process are as difficult as "legend" says :), then this is probably a management problem. They might be focusing on the wrong thing, forcing people to work on products that are dead on the water.
With the r&d capabilities of Microsoft, it'd be great to see them work on something more than their stale OS or their done-to-death office products. Though, in a perverse way, it's a good thing they're not innovating. Imagine how much they could damage the tech-ecosystem with their caustic philosophy which famously spawned the "embrace-extend-extinguish" mantra.
Thanks! That made me laugh out loud :)