“Page also addressed the issue of how Microsoft is going after
Android vendors. Multiple Android vendors including HTC and Samsung
have signed agreements with Microsoft for patent issues related to
Android. Both HTC and Samsung also work with Microsoft for Windows
Phones.“Rather than seeing, for example, Microsoft compete in the
marketplace with their own smartphones, they’ve really continued
resorting to legal measures to hassle their own customers, right?
So it seems kind of odd,” Page said. “And we haven’t seen the
details of those total agreements, and I suspect that our partners
are making good deals for themselves there.”