Microsoft calls Google out over patent bullying accusations
August 4, 2011
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet following Google's public accusation of patent bullying on the part of Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, and others.
In a series of tweets, two senior Microsoft executives implied that Google had actually declined an invitation to join the consortium that formed to buy Novell's patent portfolio, with one representative posting a screenshot of what looks like e-mail proof of Google's decision to not play along.
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