thismeintiel on 30 September 2013
Pot meet kettle. 
More than worrying about the government going after companies people have chosen to support, they need to take a SERIOUS look into patent trolls, MS being one (probably Google, too.) People are allowed to get patents for the most basic applications, with no physical proof of concept. This stops smaller companies from either entering the tech biz or stops them from entering it without having to pay larger companies royalties/fees. What makes it worse is larger companies just farm these patents, until they have hundreds/thousands of them and are getting paid for devices that they played no part in whatsoever.
