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RockdaMan · 08-15-2011, 10:15 AM

Commentary from twitter:

Google just spent over $12 billion to prop up a software stack that they give away. Now that's what I call business model innovation.
@asymco

One key fact to remember: having lots of patents doesn't give a free pass from all infringement.
@Jkendrick

No one has ever successfully licensed a platform *and* competed with licensees at the same time. Apple tried it (twice) as did Palm & Nokia
@gartenberg

08-15-2011, 10:15 AM	#2
RockdaMan Banned Posts: 1,644 Karma: 213512 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On the other side of over there Device: Pandigital Novel, Kindle G1 (broken), iPod Touch	Commentary from twitter: Google just spent over $12 billion to prop up a software stack that they give away. Now that's what I call business model innovation. @asymco One key fact to remember: having lots of patents doesn't give a free pass from all infringement. @Jkendrick No one has ever successfully licensed a platform and competed with licensees at the same time. Apple tried it (twice) as did Palm & Nokia @gartenberg Last edited by RockdaMan; 08-15-2011 at 01:31 PM.