Rather than ignore an attack by Google's legal boss that it has conspired against the company in patent wars, Microsoft is ratcheting up the nastiness.Microsoft's Frank Shaw
The software giant's top public relations executive took to Twitter last night to refute claims laid out by Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond that Microsoft is conspiring with Apple and others to keep patents away from the Web giant. Frank X. Shaw released an October e-mail from Google general counsel Kent Walker to his counterpart at Microsoft, Brad Smith, cordially declining Microsoft's offer to jointly bid on patents from Novell.
In the e-mail, Walker writes, "After talking with people here, it sounds as though for various reasons a joint bid wouldn't be advisable for us on this one. But I appreciate your flagging it, and we're open to discussing other similar opportunities in the future."
That would seem to refute Drummond's claims of "a hostile, organized campaign against Android," Google's mobile operating system, by Microsoft and others. And Shaw was happy to point that out in his tweet.
"Free advice for David Drummond - next time check with Kent Walker before you blog," Shaw wrote, before adding a smiley face to the message.
Earlier yesterday, Smith took to Twitter as well, to point out Google's inconsistencies. In his tweet, Smith noted that Google rejected Microsoft's offer to bid together on the Novell patents.
"Google says we bought Novell patents to keep them from Google. Really? We asked them to bid jointly with us. They said no," Smith tweeted.
Google hasn't responded to Microsoft's tweet counter attack.
An e-mail from Google's general counsel to his counterpart at Microsoft, tweeted by Microsoft PR boss Frank Shaw
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