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by bsdetector 4669 days ago
An impossibly high "opening bid" is not an opening bid at all, it's a threat. It says, "sure we said FRAND, but now that it's in the standard we changed our mind, now empty your pockets". Extortion is evil.
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Oh poor little Microsoft, being extorted by a single piece of paper from big bad Motorola.

This is one of the most pathetic things I've ever heard.