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If WM7 is so important, why is it that Microsoft explicitly does not support syncing with 64-bit Outlook? This has led me to conclude that they've already given up, and when my PocketPC dies, I'll be looking for an Android.
How is that even a problem in the first place? I really will never understand some of the situations Microsoft gets themselves into.
Isn't this like taking out a giant ad saying win7-mobile is so technically poor - we have decided the only way to compete with Apple and Android is in court with software patents?
No. It is more like taking out a giant ad and saying we own lots of patents and rather than sit on a wall with a plaque we intend to extract value from them, because that is what our shareholders demand.
Another = Unisys
Looks like the beginning of the end....
This is not surprising. Ballmer doesn't like the idea of losing his job in disgrace and Windows 7 Phone, while competitive, is still based on Windows CE. If you ignore the GUI, the underlying OS is every bit as sophisticated and modern as... Symbian. These are the patents Microsoft mentioned to the International Trade Commission. They may or may not the the patents mentioned in the Motorola lawsuit. 5,579,517: Common…
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No. It is more like taking out a giant ad and saying we own lots of patents and rather than sit on a wall with a plaque we intend to extract value from them, because that is what our shareholders demand.
So one business model = Apple Another = Unisys Looks like the beginning of the end....
This is not surprising. Ballmer doesn't like the idea of losing his job in disgrace and Windows 7 Phone, while competitive, is still based on Windows CE. If you ignore the GUI, the underlying OS is every bit as sophisticated and modern as... Symbian. These are the patents Microsoft mentioned to the International Trade Commission. They may or may not the the patents mentioned in the Motorola lawsuit. 5,579,517: Common…
From what I read as part of the comments in the article, it seems Google already licensed some if not all of these patents (for Nexus one) and hence kind of validate them.
This is not surprising. Ballmer doesn't like the idea of losing his job in disgrace and Windows 7 Phone, while competitive, is still based on Windows CE. If you ignore the GUI, the underlying OS is every bit as sophisticated and modern as... Symbian. These are the patents Microsoft mentioned to the International Trade Commission. They may or may not the the patents mentioned in the Motorola lawsuit. 5,579,517: Common…
Most of these are downright ridiculous... I mean damn it's like they patented common sense...
If WM7 is so important, why is it that Microsoft explicitly does not support syncing with 64-bit Outlook? This has led me to conclude that they've already given up, and when my PocketPC dies, I'll be looking for an Android.
> syncing with 64-bit Outlook How is that even a problem in the first place? I really will never understand some of the situations Microsoft gets themselves into.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most of these are downright ridiculous... I mean damn it's like they patented common sense...
Most of them aren't as broad as the titles indicate (often the case), though they don't exactly seem like significant technical innovation either. The first two are part of the infamous set of FAT patents ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT_licen... ).
And it's really weird to have patents issued over technology in use for almost 20 years and charge licensing for it.
Redmond actually has some room to make this kind of case since some of these patents have already been licensed by HTC and (from what I read here) Google.
Go figure.
If WM7 is so important, why is it that Microsoft explicitly does not support syncing with 64-bit Outlook? This has led me to conclude that they've already given up, and when my PocketPC dies, I'll be looking for an Android.
> syncing with 64-bit Outlook How is that even a problem in the first place? I really will never understand some of the situations Microsoft gets themselves into.