News · 4 Aug 2011 · MTW Editorial Team
Google apparently isn’t really fond of the competition in the mobile market (and everywhere else I guess) based on the missive against Microsoft, Apple and Oracle that the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond posted today. I must admit this whole thing sounds really childish especially coming from a big company like Google. What’s even worst is that it’s factually wrong in some cases. First Google is apparently pissed off because the company lost the bid to win the Nortel’s patents a few weeks ago:
They’re doing this by banding together to acquire Novell’s old patents (the “CPTN” group including Microsoft and Apple) and Nortel’s old patents (the “Rockstar” group including Microsoft and Apple), to make sure Google didn’t get them
Sorry Google, but you played and you lost. Unless your 3.14 Billion bid for the patents was just for fun ? If the these patents are “bogus” why bid for them in the first place? Why not talk about the fact that you refused Microsoft’s offer to join the bid? Email proof here.
seeking $15 licensing fees for every Android device; attempting to make it more expensive for phone manufacturers to license Android (which we provide free of charge) than Windows Mobile; and even suing Barnes & Noble, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung. Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it.
OK, First it’s Windows Phone not Windows Mobile. Secondly, Microsoft didn’t sue HTC and Samsung. Lastly, Microsoft has an obligation to its Investors to defend it’s patents if it thinks that they what they cover is being illegally used but other companies.
Anyway, the problem here is that Google’s reactions when they feel threatened always comes across as childish. I just can’t believe that they seriously thought that they could rule the mobile market simply by “giving away” an “open source” ,make money by data mining its users and think that competition will simply sit back and clap. Android has many advantages but Google really does sound extremely childish and hypocrite here.
source: Google
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