Microsoft to Android OEMs: 'Show me the money'

"""Much has been made of the “new” Microsoft under chief executive Satya Nadella and his willingness to work with competing technologies and companies."""

MS has sanctioned Office on Android and iOS, as a whitewashing manoeuvre and to stop the proliferation of other office suites on those platforms, while at the same time relentlessly attacks Android.

"Microsoft loves Linux" It’s nonsense (albeit endlessly repeated) of the highest order, but enough people who are not keeping up with the news might actually fall for this nonsense and even pass it on.

Bill Gates once chose the word “cancer” to describe the operating system, and Gates is still a prominent member of the board.

"""but for Microsoft's legal team this is not a new era – it remains business as usual."""

As if the Microsoft legal team had nothing to do with the rest of Microsoft. :-(

"Microsoft has reserved the right to nail firms making Android devices running its Office suit for possible Windows patent infringements."

Two can patent troll. There must be a patent or two that the OIN have which applies to Android Office. If so it it should be reported to Google and Office should be taken down from Play while the patent claim is investigated... thoroughly.

Not surprising.

Given Google's refusal to make their the vast majority of their apps available on the Windows platform, they are not exactly being co-operative and open either. Both sides need to sit down and do a deal, but given that Google don't want more competition from Windows Phone, and that Microsoft don't want to give up a healthy revenue stream, I can't see it happening too soon.

Matbe they don't really have much to offer.

Microsoft are exceedingly coy about which patents are actually involved.

Perhaps they are worried that their supposed patent pot might melt away if examined?

Barnes and Noble's "prior art" declaration led to MS backing down.

Microsoft: OIN or GTFO

That ought to be the standard response to anyone who dares to suggest that Microsoft is no longer an aggressive monopolist: "Hey Microsoft: OIN or GTFO."