Microsoft ch\u1ea5p nh\u1eadn b\u1ecf h\u00e0ng t\u1ec9 \u0111\u00f4 l\u1ee3i nhu\u1eadn t\u1eeb vi\u1ec7c thu ph\u00ed patent, \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1ee9ng t\u1ecf h\u1ecd \u1ee7ng h\u1ed9 c\u1ed9ng \u0111\u1ed3ng m\u00e3 ngu\u1ed3n m\u1edf v\u00e0 Linux.<\/p>\n
Microsoft’s Erich Andersen also had this to say of the company’s decision to join OIN:<\/p>\n
“At Microsoft, we take it as a given that developers do not want a binary choice between Windows vs. Linux, or .NET vs Java \u2013 they want cloud platforms to support all technologies. They want to deploy technologies at the edge \u2013 on any device – that meet customer needs. We also learned that collaborative development through the open source process can accelerate innovation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While it’s difficult to gauge the long term impact this will have,\u00a0ZDNe<\/a>t published this quote from OIN CEO Keith Bergelt: “This is everything Microsoft has, and it covers everything related to older open-source technologies such as Android, the Linux kernel, and OpenStack; newer technologies such as LF Energy and HyperLedger, and their predecessor and successor versions.”<\/p>\n
So it definitely eases the financial burden of Android OEMs and developers, but also affects a huge part of the Linux landscape including software and services built with Linux — and the Linux kernel itself.<\/p>\n
One has to wonder how Microsoft shareholders will react to this. As of 2015, the company had\u00a0already raked in $6bn<\/a>\u00a0just from Android patent royalties. Aside from that, it’s a wholly refreshing decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n