AAA
or Admiral Akbar Applies.
At times like this, look for giant fish in Admiral's uniform, giving a warning.
Who would have thought it? Not content with signing with LOT Network, Microsoft has taken the next step in patent cuddling and joined the Open Invention Network. A month shy of its 14th birthday, the Open Invention Network (OIN) was obviously very happy to welcome the beast of Redmond, and 60,000 or so of its patents, into the …
No. It means that OIN can raise more money off the backs of others, from large corporations all the way to the little hobbyist.
While I truly do not read into this, some will think now that Microsoft had joined up, the financial motives of OIN might be more visible (but to me it's MS just trying to open doors top customers).
So many questions. One possibility--which boggles the mind--is that Microsoft might(?) have seen an advantage in gaining the OIN litigation protection for themselves. Wouldn't that be the strongest bottom-line justification? Is there a PR side to this? Do we have to be frenemies now?
That's what Twoface at Redmond's top echelons would like you to believe.
The other face is like:
So that filth ReactOS forks it over and comes a step closer to fully impersonating our Dear Windows?
No way.
(Of course somebody is going to be like:
root@localhost:~ # ssh twoface@twoface.microsoft.com
The authenticity of the fingerprint of the .... verified. Do you want to connect? HELL YAAH!
twoface@twoface.microsoft.com:~ # systemctl start reboot.target
Connection lost
I am confident what you consider a valid patent and the standard of the patents that are actually awarded are very different. The big problem with the EFF's stupid patent of the month is the thousands of thoroughly deserving patents granted each month that miss their chance of fame.
"Microsoft makes billions from extorting Android makers on their flimsy patents.".
Microsoft has over 200 patents infringed by Android of which a number were tested in court and Microsoft won out on almost every case so I don't see how their claims are in anyway "flimsy".
If you want to use someone else's patented technology its perfectly normal to have to pay for that. You might not like Microsoft but why should Google or its agents get to use Microsoft inventions for free?
Amazing that in North America the Windows CE based phones once had 20% + and Nokia was hardly known there yet #1 worldwide. Also that CE dominated PDAs.
I was baffled in 1999 when mostly installing MS and giving Linux training as to why Exchange was so popular.
For the last ten years I've wondered why people use MS SQL and IIS. Even earlier than that we had Apache web server, MySQL and PHP on Windows 2000 server. We moved to Linux Server when the Windows Update Server wasn't needed.
"why Exchange was so popular."
Easy - high functionality and integration together with one of the lowest TCOs. Exchange + Outlook really doesnt have much competition. Unless you count Notes and that was horrific to use and to manage.
"why people use MS SQL and IIS"
Well a way better security vulnerability record than a LAMP stack plus again far greater ease of use and integration would be a start. Hence why these days IIS has over 40% of all websites versus Apache on 22% according to Netcraft.