Barnes & Noble Expose Microsoft Shenanigans

This behavior by Microsoft shows the brass knuckles mentality which has won them so many enemies over the years in the open source community.

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Just a few weeks ago I wrote about Microsoft making more money from Android patent licensing fees than it does from Windows Mobile. A majority of Android manufacturers are paying Microsoft to "license" certain patents that Redmond claims the open source Android system infringes upon. Barnes & Noble who refused to pay Microsoft and be bound by what they claim is an "oppressive" licensing agreement is involved in a law suit with Microsoft over this. As a result they have gone public with the inside scoop of exactly how Microsoft is strong-arming Android licensees using the same old, heavy-handed tactics that got Microsoft in trouble with the U.S. Justice Department previously.

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