In reference to the DOJ approving Apple et.al. acquiring Nortell’s patents Google said

the results were “disappointing for anyone who believes that open innovation benefits users and promotes creativity and competition.”

Yet in today’s article about the DOJ approving Google’s acquisition of Motorola (primarily for its patent portfolio to use as a weapon) they said

“Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio,

Google has truly become what they swore they would not.

Well, to be fair, when they say “open innovation” they mean “use your ideas and code without paying you, or even trying to pay you, for it.”

Which isn’t to say that Apple doesn’t do that. There were several OS functions that were lifted wholesale from the ideas of extensions belonging to third parties. I’m not excusing that at all. At least have the decency to buy the people whose business you’re destroying.

I hate to do this Brad, put the plural of “consortium” is “consortia.”