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TadpoleJackson said:
superchunk said:

I don't believe Amazon is paying MS any fees as they did work around the issue with the Kindle Fire.


My mistake, Amazon doesn't pay, but MS is getting paid by the makers of the Kindle. 

http://paidcontent.org/2011/10/13/419-microsoft-signs-kindle-fire-manufacturer-to-patent-licensing-deal/

ah, well there ya go. I still think Motorola's patent attack on MS is Google's way of trying to cross license the critical underlying system in the same fashion as how Linux is ocovered.