Over the past 2 years, I've had various discussions about my opinions on why I don't use Android, primarily being issues of usability and the design of the Android OS being non "open" as compared to a Desktop distribution.
Well, forget those two cases, I now think my main argument is officially changed. The primary reason to not use Android now is... Microsoft. Read this entire article: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79179 Microsoft makes more money from patent licensing into Android manufacturers than it does on Windows Mobile. Barnes & Noble distributes the Nook Color and Nook Tablet, Android-based tablet/e-book devices. Well, Barnes & Noble has refused to roll over and be extorted by Microsoft over patents. Read the groklaw.net articles and see the details. http://groklaw.net/article.php?story=2011111122291296 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20111111121548972 (From groklaw article...): "Barnes & Noble asserts that Microsoft is attempting "to use patents to drive open source software out of the market," saying it, in essence, is acting like a patent troll, threatening companies using Android with a destructive and anticompetitive choice: pay Microsoft exorbitant rates for patents, some trivial and others ridiculously invalid or clearly not infringed, or spend a fortune on litigation." So, while I'm not a Nook owner (and not much into portable digital book reading...) I will be a Barnes & Noble fan and customer for life if they stand by these claims and either cause the USPTO to reform the patent system, or cause the DOJ to investigate Microsoft seriously. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
