Can someone translate this? What exactly is google arguing in their response to MS?
It sounded to me that google's response was that they didn't partner because then they could not keep those patents just to themselves. Somehow I feel I'm misunderstanding it? That sounds too dumb of a response to be accurate.
Google claimed that Android was being attacked with patents.
Microsoft responded that they invited Google to jointly buy patents.
Microsoft is currently threatening Android hardware partners with their existing patents to extract fees. Patents jointly owned by Google and Microsoft would not affect this, patents owned only by Google could force Microsoft to back down.
It sounded to me that google's response was that they didn't partner because then they could not keep those patents just to themselves. Somehow I feel I'm misunderstanding it? That sounds too dumb of a response to be accurate.