I was going to point out that the headline writer doesn't understand the difference in meaning between "from" and "by", but maybe the mistake was intentional.
Was protected by / received protection from. In the abbreviated language of the headline I think it could be from or by. And very funny either way.
Samsung is also reported to be stepping up efforts on its own internal Bada smartphone platform, which it launched last year in parallel with very similar phone handsets running WP7 or Android.
Additionally, the company has also announced plans with Intel to support a new Linux-based platform named Tizen, which essentially a replacement of the MeeGo program Intel initiated with Nokia, merging two efforts to produce an open source mobile platform the two firms had earlier maintained in parallel: Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo.
Android, Bada, WP7, Tizen. On half a million different models of phone. Nothing like focusing your product portfolio to keep things running smoothly.
IMHO. there's a more couple of more likely reasons a company like HTC or Samsung would agree to pay a licensing fee to MS. Just as Microsoft did with Linux, they understand nuisance
suits have value and often it's just not worth the expense and product delays to fight 'em, particularly when the claimant has deep pockets.
Another reason could well be that both HTC and Samsung have plans to offer MS mobile products. Fighting MS requests on one hand while working out licensing and development agreements with the other may not get the best results.
A recent article that makes just these arguments is here:
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I was going to point out that the headline writer doesn't understand the difference in meaning between "from" and "by", but maybe the mistake was intentional.
Was protected by / received protection from. In the abbreviated language of the headline I think it could be from or by. And very funny either way.
Samsung is also reported to be stepping up efforts on its own internal Bada smartphone platform, which it launched last year in parallel with very similar phone handsets running WP7 or Android.
Additionally, the company has also announced plans with Intel to support a new Linux-based platform named Tizen, which essentially a replacement of the MeeGo program Intel initiated with Nokia, merging two efforts to produce an open source mobile platform the two firms had earlier maintained in parallel: Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo.
Android, Bada, WP7, Tizen. On half a million different models of phone. Nothing like focusing your product portfolio to keep things running smoothly.
"Lack of protection...birthed Samsung's Microsoft deal"?
How about this for a public service announcement: Use condoms. Because only you can prevent bringing unwanted Microsoft deals into the world.
suits have value and often it's just not worth the expense and product delays to fight 'em, particularly when the claimant has deep pockets.
Another reason could well be that both HTC and Samsung have plans to offer MS mobile products. Fighting MS requests on one hand while working out licensing and development agreements with the other may not get the best results.
A recent article that makes just these arguments is here:
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/201...ship-with.html