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Microsoft tjener to milliarder dollar i året på Android

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Google(?) kan altså spare store beløp på å erstatte den berørte koden med noe annet. Hvorfor skjer ikke det? Finnes det ikke noen vei utenom? Hvilke patenter er det snakk om?

 

Vil Microsoft tappe Ubuntu Touch også for penger når det kommer på markedet?

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Tror det er de som tjener penger på Android, altså Samsung, LG, HTC etc som betaler lisenspengene så Google har ikke så veldig stort insentiv til å endre på koden.

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Kilden ZDnet har en spissere formulering: Android - Microsofts mest lønnsomme OS

 

Det skal også sies at lisenskravet er omstridt. Halvparten av produsentene som benytter Android har hittil latt seg presse av MS sine advokater til å betale lisensavgift for bruk av Android/Linux.

 

Patentene skal vistnok gå ut på følgende:

 

  • Background image loading. This patent deals with an antiquated method of downloading an embedded background image. It is geared towards people using dial-up connections, which shows its age. It is a bit puzzling that it’s being applied to Android; last we checked the data rate for smartphones is well above 56Kbps.
  • Operating system provided tabs. Another head-scratcher here, Microsoft is saying that it has the rights to “tabs that work like dividers in a notebook” that are OS-generated. What’s interesting is IBM already proved this patent as invalid back in 1992 during the OS/2 days. Tabs are something that are present in all platforms on the market. Why wait until now to drag this dead horse back out?
  • Handles when selecting text. Are you beginning to see the pattern of ridiculousness here? Redmond’s lawyers are saying that they own the right to the handles that appear when a user selects text on a device. The problem with this one is that the patent does not provide the code that was used to achieve the handles — so who knows if B&N, or any other Android users, are actually infringing.
  • Annotation of electronic documents. This is the process of capturing annotations made in an e-book or similar document without changing the original copy. It sounds like Microsoft is losing a ton of money on this one.
  • Web browser loading status icons.
  • Simulating mouse inputs using non-mouse devices. So every touchscreen ever created should have to pay royalties or licensing fees to Microsoft.
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