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Re:Now Google is blocking Windows Phones from accessing maps... by taligent on Saturday January 05, 2013 @10:50AM (#5012925)
Yeh no. Microsoft extracts patent royalties (e.g. the FAT32) from pretty much everyone and anyone. They haven't targeted Android in any unique way.

If anything Google's abuse of FRAND patents against Microsoft over the XBox 360 H.264 codec is the most egregious example of aggressive behaviour.

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