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Originally Posted by FetishWeb
They have teamed up with Microsoft and are attacking Linux companies now (Red Hat and Novell). But their ultimate strategy is to eventually attack any business or government that even uses linux and target them for patent extortion.
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2013674721.html
I guess they are moving onto greener pastures. |
The brilliant part about it is, that Microsoft can keep their hands "clean" so to speak. MS doesnt go after these companies themselves because of the mutually assured destruction scenario. Other companies would be able to leverage their patents against MS, if MS leveraged their patents against them. But with the shell of a company, Acacia, acting on their behalf, theres no way for the other companies to damage MS's patent portfolio, or leverage their patents against them.