The only reason to not team up with Microsoft, et. al, is if google wanted to use the patents against them. If google simply wanted to be immune to claims from the Novell patents, they could have joined the group and saved money (vs. bidding by themselves against the group.)
Further, you make two assertions here:
"MS teamed up with Google's competitors to bully them with bullshit patents. "
You haven't shown that MSFT has bullied google, nor that the patents are "bullshit".
If the patents are bogus, they would be easy to dispatch in court with prior art.
Further, you make two assertions here: "MS teamed up with Google's competitors to bully them with bullshit patents. "
You haven't shown that MSFT has bullied google, nor that the patents are "bullshit".
If the patents are bogus, they would be easy to dispatch in court with prior art.