Ballmer slams android

[russell]

MS charge a patent 'tax' on Android though. I have £30/handset in my head but that could be way off.

I wonder what the patent is, does android bsod?

[d000hg]

Actually I'm not even sure anyone knows - it's a whole bunch of patents MS claim are infringed and I believe (happy to be corrected if anyone has a link) the phone manufacturers stump up rather than go to court... notably Google doesn't step in to protect/support their partners.

[lilelvis2000]

Steve Ballmer isn't known for having his finger on the pulse. A few years ago he was laughing at the iPhone for being expensive.

hee hee I bet Mr. Jobs laughed all the way to the bank too. Say, isn't that Nortel on the screen behind him. He sure is good picking partners this Ballmer chap.