What has standards got to do with it? This is a physical tech patent. Sure - every other manufacturer out there could make wlan which DOESN'T work indoors, but what would be the point? The altenative is LOS networking which means no mobile devices.

No, he didn't say that. At all. Troll.

None of those flavors, except Windows, provide the full range of options that home users like to pick and choose their experience from. MacOS is getting close. Linux isn't an option for many home users, in its current state.