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Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

sfcrazy writes "Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system. The software giant claims to own a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform. From the article: 'Samsung would likely seek to lower the payment to about $10 in exchange for a deeper alliance with Microsoft for the U.S. company's Windows platform, the Maeil Business Newspaper quoted unnamed industry officials as saying.'"

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  1. Fuck Microsoft Research by airfoobar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If their R&D is so awesome, why can't they make their own products and not resort to ripping off other businesses to make money?

  2. Re:Microsoft Research by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No. No one has. Patents are a scam, a hindrance to innovation and the free market. They must be ABOLISHED.

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  3. Re:Microsoft Research by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a game of poker. You have to pay to play.

    Here's what I think. If any patents used to make such threats turn out to be bad or unsupportable, they get converted to charges of extortion.

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