Re: [LUG] Microsoft signs patent agreement with HTC over Android phones

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Beard wrote:
> On 29/04/10 10:42, Neil Stone wrote:
>
> > On 04/29/10 10:23, Rob Beard wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Just seen this on The Register...
> > >
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/microsoft_htc_linux_patents/
> > >
> > > I wonder what Google think about this?
> > >
> > > Rob
> >
> > How the hell can they threaten legal action without being specific about
> > what laws/patents have been broken ?
>
> That's what I was wondering, but they managed the same with TomTom.
>
> Rob
TomTom was about the FAT/longfilename  patent -
As for not being specific SCO is still dragging out is court case after 
7 years and many hundreds of millions of dollars.
Now who needs to be specific - the mafia dont tell you which leg they'll 
break but the threat still works.
Tom te tom te tom

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