I think the Ouya (or any of its clones that recently sprung up) would actually offer what these people were after: a platform on which they can run their own software, and even distribute it. Sure, the fact that they no longer need to break into their intended platform through a vulnerability might not make it as "edgy" as it used to be, but one could state they now should "go legit" and not fear crippling firmware updates but rather applaud modifications that enable extra possibilities.

IMO homebrewers want to develop and share. As more open-minded hardware configurations become available and are somewhat standardized, to me it would seem to be the ideal growing ground for the homebrew community. Any actual homebrewer that wants to address this assessment?

It ameliorates the chicken-egg problem Linux suffers from:

#1 Missing out on users because there are no games
#2 No games are being made because there are no users
GOTO #1

So seeing Gabe trying to break this cycle by making sure Intel and NVIDIA are on board with his idea is a good first step, this could lead to more and better games, which then could attract more users, developers and publishers to the platform. These events could on their turn entice hardware vendors to upgrade their drivers even more etc. I hope Canonical is working very closely with them, as this surely is no easy feat to pull off

Mayhem abound when it is discovered someone ate through the whole Cheetos supply for the week. Meanwhile, Bob faces eviction after being caught on the toilet trying to install Open Source software. Luke and Igor get into an argument over Igor's B.O., Igor says it's a skin disease while Luke claims it's caused by avoiding contact with water and soap. Jim and Lucy get into a fight when Jim ragequits and stomps out of the room after she uttered a slur doubting his sexual preference in his direction. Problems escalate when Jim won't come out. Hours later, Jim's mom gets called over the PA system and she can finally persuade him to come out, promising to have his favorite Star Wars pillow delivered to the house. Shocking revelations by the nightcam: Bob gets caught with Lucy in an attempt to use SQL injection. The next morning, the contestants face off in a artisan challenge, they are handed polishers and copies of Windows 8. Ultimately, it's quite a photo-finish, as all contestants agree that these polishers have little effect on the product, except for making it shiny but still utterly unusable. Lucy wins the challenge and receives the Floating Chair token, allowing her to duck one future challenge. Check in for more next Tuesday!

...consisting of people who still want to grab a copy of Windows 7 before it's too late.

If rumors are an indication, the last Windows 7 license will be sold on December 21, 2012.

“@BlackBerry: Fill in the blank: BlackBerry helps me ________.” realize how thankful I am for my #iPhone

Ouch.

Probably looks like the Black Angry Bird, and probably behaves like one, too...

That might very well be the case. Publicly point to Apple and towards more innovation, but then instead do their dirty litigation through Nokia, MOSAID and Rockstar.

IMO MSFT always was quite happy with being #2 in popularity, splitting the cake with only Apple. The whole Apple-vs-Microsoft was more playful than serious and consisted of nothing more than some soft air-punches thrown back and forth between their rabid fans, earning them both more money.

But I guess being bested by Android probably caused a whole office furniture set to become airborne.

Good to know the author contacted you with all the necessary information about the infringing patents and details concerning exactly how (and if) the Nexus 7 infringed them, why not share your superior knowledge with us poor peons? There's no need for an M$ rant. They're far behind any other player in the mobile market and they have a lot of polishing to do with the turd that is Windows 8. So it's only logical that they compensate their inability to innovate with an increased drive to litigate. Nokia is their zombie, a sockpuppet if you will, which abides by Microsoft orders. The big phone powerhouse is no more. I would call it stating the abundantly obvious that they would not sue each other, but at least you got that right.

Nice cheap jab at the judicial process btw, why not become a lawyer and do something about it? But then again, it nicely ties together your theme of aggressive, yet devoid of information type of posts, adorned with one or more per rectum theories.

Microsoft missed the boat, remember how a certain Microsoft exec laughed at Apple's attempt at creating a mobile phone and how much more features Microsoft packed in theirs? Remember what happened to Courier? Have you any recollection of how the mobile landscape evolved since then? Do you see much influence by Microsoft?

That's what I would dare to call "missed the boat".

Now they (Microsoft) have to play catch-up, but instead of accelerating their own R&D, they're falling back on harassing the competition. And they're (ab)using Nokia to do their dirty work for them. Nokia is a mere husk of what it used to be, it has been relagated to being Microsoft's IP bulldog. It was a formidable company, but it has been plucked of anything valuable and has someone at the helm with more allegiance to that other company than to Nokia itself. It's a sinking ship, but it might be able to broadside some others before the waves pull it under completely.

The rest of your reaction does not merit further explanation and is a pretty baseless ad hominem.

Even their legal strategies are taking a chapter or two from the Apple playbook... They sat on their asses and missed the mobile boat, but instead of pursuing original ideas and providing competition, they'll just try to slow Android down with frivolous patent lawsuits with the ultimate target to create a void where their outdated and locked-down toy OS can compete on a tilted playing field. I'm pretty sure they'll move in to try and land some free punches once Apple starts going after Android again. Evidently Apple won't even peep about Microsofts' tablet products, as they both want to split up the market among themselves, after eliminating Google by using every dirty trick in the book.

Such cowardice of Microsoft, having a once deeply-respected company like Nokia do its dirty work. But it's not surprising in the current climate.

Enjoy your walled gardens, as an unlimited stream of frivolous software patent suits (and the USPTO will make sure there are enough to go around) will make sure only those survive.

who thought about Outpost 2 and its Thor's Hammer tank? Man those dual turreted Tiger chassis Thor's Hammer could dish it out.

If they meant easier for them to snoop in your mails and make money of the contents. Their IPO put great pressure on the company to find new revenue streams, so they're exploring every nook and cranny to fleece their userbase for extra content to sell to corporations.

While I'm a user of the site, this brazen disregard for a user's preferences was a big red flag for me. They didn't even bother to ask! I know a user has no rights on Facebook, but at least they pretended not to predate their users outright. This action crossed that line. It's not your profile, it's Facebook's permanent register of your persona.

Perhaps it's time to seek greener pastures, the posts are mostly vapid nonsense and Reddit/9gag regurgitations anyway.

If it's not completely obvious by now, Microsoft is imitating Apple to a T, from the verticalization of their platform (in-house hardware + software) to the hip dictator face of their new product line (Sinofski). Their complete reversal on user freedom and customization is also a sign of the changes in Redmond.

If you view it from a corporate perspective, why should they pass on making extra dollars on App Market subscriptions, cashing 30% of each downloaded app and be able to reject apps that could compete with their own in-house variants? Why would they let you use VLC if they could pocket $5 for an upgrade to your Windows Media Player?

Although I deem it unlikely that free/OSS software won't be available at all to the platform, I do expect that these programs will be limited to the less-than-ideal sandbox mode, without access to the system APIs, all under the guise of (revenue) security. In which case the in-house variants will always (miraculously!) outperform any third-party options, creating a tilted playing field.

Pay for something that would barely qualify as a Service Pack for Windows 7 (sans crippling Start Menu, without Ribbon Explorer and a lack of Fisher Price styling, IDE gutting and the *ZOMG* dual-tasking/fullscreen weather apps)

No thanks.

The rotten system just got a tad more rotten. Rockstar is the king of all patent trolls, funded by the big two software IP honchos, known for their shakedown schemes and patenting the trivially obvious. The other partners are opportunists and a few badly ailing companies seeking a hail-mary pass to avoid utter extinction. It got its approval under the guise of playing by "reasonable terms", only to disobey said promise as "not applicable to the new construct" as soon as the deal went through. With a start like that, I don't have much hope left for any ethics to be involved in their way of thinking.

Rockstar has all the latest weaponry of an extremely litigious tech company, wealthy backers, plus the enormous advantage that it can't be countersued. It can start case after case without even batting an eye. The sheer amount of cases it can start can probably put a company out of business even before the first patent in play is reviewed.

If you thought Oracle vs Google was perfidious, wait until Rockstar here takes aim at Android. It's only a matter of time, and to me it seems like Android was the reason this abomination was formed. They've sealed up the LTE patents, so they'll surely squeeze them on that front, while trying keep on adding layer after layer of patent licenses, with the penultimate target of drowning it and scaring the manufacturers away.

Innovation is about to get its teeth kicked in.