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Re:Microsoft buys stake in Nook, college textbook business by kragen on Monday April 30, 2012 @01:06PM (#3910144)
It seems like Microsoft's patent lawsuit really paid off here: they've strong-armed their way into a share of the ownership of one of the most important Linux vendors for a derisory cash payment.
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Re:Microsoft buys stake in Nook, college textbook business by beagle3 on Monday April 30, 2012 @03:31PM (#3910966)
Or rather, the patent lawsuit backfired, to the point that they had to pay $300M to settle, because it would have been more costly overall for them to let B&N show that the patents infringed by Linux (which MS constantly tells about, but never shows) are actually worthless.

(That seems to me like a better explanation of the data, as it reflects through the media I read -- which of course might be biased)

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