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Misses the point
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 26 2013 @ 01:28 PM EDT
You still miss the point. Motorola uses that 2.25% per device as an OPENING
OFFER TO START NEGOTIATIONS. They use that same starting offer with every
company that they deal with, and every other company except MS has negotiated a
lower rate than that, but probably nowhere near as low as the price dictated by
this judge's order.

MS, on the other hand, has gotten a local judge in their own back yard to bypass
the negotiation process and force an abnormally low price on Motorola.

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Misses the point
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 26 2013 @ 02:57 PM EDT
Why do you, or even this judege who may not be schooled in this topic get to
decide what is fair and reasonable. Different things have different values.
Basing the value of an orange on the value of an apple just because they are
both fruit does not take into account the cost of growing the first compared to
the second and would most assuredly not be fair.

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Ah...
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 26 2013 @ 03:09 PM EDT
As opposed to your clearly articulated response detailing exactly how Motorola
is forcing these exhorbitant rates on poor helpless Microsoft, in violation of
their agreements and utterly at odds with every other license they've ever
signed.

Thank you so much.


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  • Ah... - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 26 2013 @ 07:00 PM EDT
Misses the point
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 27 2013 @ 02:36 AM EDT
You clearly do not understand the meaning of the term 'negotiate', Apparantly
Microsoft does not either.

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