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Microsoft frisks yet another Android gear maker for patent dosh
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And what of Win8.1 royalties?!?! With millions of dollars from MS to help sure them up just a short time ago, plus a business built on making lower and lower margin PC hardware, I'm sure that Dell didn't insist on lower OEM rates for MS OSes as part of the deal... [Is my sarcasm detectable?!?!] ... "Ok, OK,... You agree to ink a deal saying that you're paying patent extortion fees for Linux based OSes, and we'll reduce your OEM cost for Windows by 15%,... Net gain for you... Deal?!?!"... I'm sure it went something like that...
I've just checked all my dictionaries, and not found a single one that lists 'to frisk' as a synonym for 'to extort'.
Perhaps this article should be forwarded to the editors of the OED?
Perhaps this article should be forwarded to the editors of the OED?
"Shakedown."
IOW, "scam."
IOW, "scam."
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