It's like the private Federal Reserve and Federal Express.
Patents have bad reputation with the tech community, which means that if now MS presses hard Linux and other products it will have trouble hiring good devs later. But if they just support and milk their existing…
Would Twitter let go a major market for the sake of a few ruined lives? I don't think so.
That would be a very good option for the ppl holding MS shares, but can do insane amount of damage to the IT industry - monetizing all those patents without fear of losing reputation among developers, students, etc. and…
It's like the private Federal Reserve and Federal Express.
Patents have bad reputation with the tech community, which means that if now MS presses hard Linux and other products it will have trouble hiring good devs later. But if they just support and milk their existing…
Would Twitter let go a major market for the sake of a few ruined lives? I don't think so.
That would be a very good option for the ppl holding MS shares, but can do insane amount of damage to the IT industry - monetizing all those patents without fear of losing reputation among developers, students, etc. and…