Should Microsoft get $5 for every HTC Android phone because of their patents?

http://www.wepolls.com/r/584161/Should-Microsoft-continue-to-get-$5-for-every-HTC-Android-phone-because-of-their-patents

by crizCraig • 15 years ago

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kgermino2• 15 years ago

Craig, Is there a reason you went with an external poll rather than a news.yc one?

Unless your passing the link elsewhere or promoting a site you have a stake in (both of which are perfectly fine to me) I would think you'd get more votes with a regular HN poll.

P.S. However I am having fun going through the polls on the right side of the page.

crizCraig3• 15 years ago

Yes this is my site and yes the discussion is occurring outside of Hacker News as well. Thanks for the feedback! :) The next poll takes up most the CPU on the site since it's pre-calculated two steps ahead. Glad you like it!

kgermino2• 15 years ago

Cool thanks.

1010011010• 15 years ago

No.

Zadoc• 15 years ago

kgermino,

I use Wepolls too. The benefit of the social polling on Wepolls is they can be shared anywhere, and also people on their network vote on them.

But I voted yes.

crizCraig3• 15 years ago

Hacker News polls can be shared anywhere as well. Wepolls just has a little broader audience which has its pros & cons. :)

foob• 15 years ago

Putting aside the fact that I don't agree with software patents in general I still don't like what Microsoft is doing. I think that it's not right for Microsoft to force companies using linux into these licensing agreements without making it entirely clear what patents are being infringed on. If they shared this information then the infringing code could potentially be removed and replaced with code that doesn't infringe. What they're doing basically amounts to extortion in my mind.

This is my opinion but I didn't vote in your poll because the wording for "no" is too specific for me. I want to say no without simultaneously expressing an opinion on the quality of any products that Microsoft has produced.

crizCraig3• 15 years ago

Thanks, I'll take that into consideration when creating future polls. If you really felt inclined, you could create a poll option you like more. Then other people can vote on it as well.

Also, thanks for your feedback. I started this site three months ago and quit my job last month to work on it full time. My apologies if things are a bit unpolished.

Should Microsoft get $5 for every HTC Android phone because of their patents?

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