[ShadowAce]

[The_Victor]

I wonder if Microsoft has patented the blue screen of death?

[Seruzawa]

Ah yes, Microsoft, going where companies go that can’t compete in the open market.

Now maybe if MS ever released a product that didn’t still need a year or two of beta testing....

[antiRepublicrat]

Aside from any actual relative merits, the Apple suit against HTC said "We've worked hard to produce a wildly successful device, so quit leeching off of us."

This Microsoft suit just says "We're WAY behind in the market, so we're going to sue you to slow you down so we can catch up."

Way back I said the Microsoft deal with HTC was so HTC could avoid a lawsuit. Looks like I was right. Moto didn't settle and pay Microsoft any protection licensing money, so got sued.

[Still Thinking]

Microsoft: Suing the companies SCO won’t sue!

[TheBattman]

Can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em!!!

I truly believe MS sees the writing on the wall regarding smart phones - Android and Apple’s iOS blow the doors off of the Windows Mobile platform, making that antiquated mobile OS look like a kludge. MS cannot compete without directly copying those other two, so instead - send up a lawsuit and see what they can do...

[Wooly]

The lawsuit is becoming a tool for these companies to SLOWDOWN their competitors and most of them are thrown out.
I was read and article a few weeks back that addressed the growth of Android and how the profit structure to the carriers was much greater than the iPhone or Windows based phones. As such the carriers were more likely to talk up and push Android based phones on customers looking to join the smartphone revolution.
Now when you think about the fact that without the carriers (ATT, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile) both Microsoft and Apple could lose big time. This is really true of Apple, which has seen it share price go up dramatically with the success of the iPhone. So where would the stock price be if the carriers decided that the iPhone would not be available or as a special order only? (I can see this coming due to Apple's pricing policies) Apple would be stuck trying to sell and unlocked phone like Google tried with the Next One, which we all know was a real success or they would be stuck doing deep discounts and having to accept lower profits.

[CodeToad]

There was a massive flood of Microsoft employees that headed to Google. I wonder if any of that was a result.