Qualcomm is nothing but an opportunistic patent Troll. Nothing more nothing less. Yes, they hold that patents but those patents are for things that are just natural progression of the technology. And broadcom called them on it. :-)
OT: RE: SCO v. IBM. It may be uninteresting but the ramifications of a legal win for SCO would've been very damaging for IBM as well as any other "Linux" companies. The Geeks know that SCO had no legal basis to stand on, but the Suits were genuinely worried. And when the suits are worried it's hard to get funding.
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the longest running, most uninteresting legal hissy fit in history.
That title will forever belong to SCO and IBM
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Qualcomm is nothing but an opportunistic patent Troll. Nothing more nothing less. Yes, they hold that patents but those patents are for things that are just natural progression of the technology. And broadcom called them on it. :-)
OT: RE: SCO v. IBM. It may be uninteresting but the ramifications of a legal win for SCO would've been very damaging for IBM as well as any other "Linux" companies. The Geeks know that SCO had no legal basis to stand on, but the Suits were genuinely worried. And when the suits are worried it's hard to get funding.