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Chinese gov’t reveals Microsoft’s secret list of Android-killer patents
Microsoft crows about transparency, but it didn't reveal this list of 310 patents. For more than three years now, Microsoft has held to the line that it has loads of patents that are infringed by Google's Android operating system. "Licensing is the solution," wrote the company's head IP honcho in 2011, explaining Microsoft's decision to sue Barnes & Noble's Android-powered Nook reader.
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Actually, any Linux distribution that takes off (Android is one) gets the heavy fist of Microsoft shoved in it's face and is told to make a "deal" or else. This happened with SUSE and with the now dead Linspire. Red Hat also caved in as well. I've always wondered what cards are in Microsoft's hands that are so good,everyone just folds. We need a Snodem to tell us.