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Re:Microsoft and Google jointly sue a patent troll who has s... by naner on Thursday March 03, 2011 @10:26AM (#2284333)
Microsoft has used patent threats to extract a "Linux tax" from vendors such as Amazon and a number of smaller companies.

Microsoft has also directly sued for software patent infringement. (TomTom got sued for using Fat32, presumably for refusing to pay Microsoft's "Linux tax".)

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