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Microsoft's Marshall Phelps On Patents And Linux
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's Marshall Phelps says he is running 'a licensing shop, not a litigation shop.' Bill Gates's intellectual property guru talks to Brad Stone about Redmond's new emphasis on patents, why he can't license Microsoft IP to distributors of open source software -- and why he shouldn't be feared."
The evidence speaks for itself.
Whether cash, kickbacks, favours, or even a long, long chain of six or seven companies to hide the relationship.
There is no other rational explanation for the wrist slap instead of a breakup, nor for the sudden spate of nonsense patents being assigned to Microsoft. Of course no actual evidence will be found.
Even when you have evidence and a conviction, they'll just stall until they can get a government elected that can be bought. Simple American Corporate politics, at least as they seem to play the game now.
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.