M$ v Motorola: Match in a Powder Magazine at Robert Pogson

Mutual Assured Destruction used to be what kept us from nuclear war. Tech companies have not learned from the lessons of the Cold War. M$ and Motorola have chosen a hot war. M$ sued over use of ideas in Android and Motorola is counter-suing M$ over use of ideas in that other OS, servers and Xbox. They may both yet shoot down their own software patents and waste $millions in the process to say nothing of the PR hit. Who wants to deal with a company that sues customers?

M$ of course wants to suppress Android and Linux which underpins it. Motorola just wants quiet enjoyment of its business but M$ would not leave them alone. If anything good comes of all this it will be the death of a few more patents, possibly the death of all software patents or the publicizing that M$ is toothless and old. Change is good. It will be wonderful if the world learns they should not pay taxes to M$.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.