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Just before fraud and scandals, Samsung signed a patent deal with Microsoft, agreeing to pay Microsoft for the use of Linux and/or Linux-related products. Samsung uses Linux in Android, LiMo, and its own operating system, Bada.

Our posts about the company, listed very roughly in order of relevance and sorted by year (until 2010 when posts about the company became frequent) include the following:

●● 2007

Attempts to ‘Infect’ Google’s Android with Microsoft IP Tax? ("Also recall Samsung's patent deal with Microsoft. They do phones with Mono.")

Attempts to ‘Infect’ Google’s Android with Microsoft IP Tax?

What if Patent Deals Never Covered Linux at All?

It’s the Executives’ Fault, Not the Developers’

Patent News: Fear, Trolling, Abuse, Threats, and Dismissal

Jim Zemlin (Linux Foundation) on Software Patent Trolls, Samsung’s Patent Deal Revisited

●● 2008

Quick Mention: Windows ISV Tries to ‘Shove’ .NET into Mobile Linux Consortium ("Remember Samsung, its Mono phones, and its patent 'protection' deal with Microsoft?")

Quick Mention: Windows ISV Tries to ‘Shove’ .NET into Mobile Linux Consortium

Microsoft’s Software Patents ‘Buddy’ Faces More Corruption Allegations

More Legal Trouble for a Microsoft Patent Partner (Fraud); Google Stumbles ("We wrote about Samsung's corruption allegations just a fortnight ago and also provided many contextual links for background about this deal.")

More Legal Trouble for a Microsoft Patent Partner (Fraud); Google Stumbles

Quick Mention: Samsung’s Head Man Jumps Ship

ASUS, Xandros, Microsoft and Other Business Partners ("Last but now least, Samsung has got this new product (described below), but despite the fact that it’s Linux-based, Samsung is definitely to be avoided not just because of the corruption but also because it sold out (Linux developers) to Microsoft.")

ASUS, Xandros, Microsoft and Other Business Partners

Microsoft and Samsung: Lots in Common ("Fraudulent minds think alike; sign software patent deals")

Microsoft and Samsung: Lots in Common

Another Reason to Avoid Samsung, Microsoft and Nikon Engage in Patents Affair ("Samsung is one among several Asian companies that manufacture/design electronics and also signed a patent deal with Microsoft. Samsung’s deal explicitly involved Linux. Among other issues with Samsung, there’s Mono on devices and outright corruption...")

Another Reason to Avoid Samsung, Microsoft and Nikon Engage in Patents Affair

Do-No-Evil Saturday – Part II: SUSE, Samsung, and Free/Linspire ("Samsung is one of the bad guys and it has just released what’s called “Olympics” phone, which runs Linux.")

Do-No-Evil Saturday – Part II: SUSE, Samsung, and Free/Linspire

New Ballnux-powered Devices from Samsung and LG (Microsoft Sellouts)

What Does Samsung’s Linux Deal Mean to Android and Mono?

Samsung is Down, Lenovo Disappoints with ‘Microsoft Tax’

●● 2009

More Misconduct Connected to Microsoft ("Samsung signed a Microsoft patent deal involving Linux and although Samsung’s fraud has not been mentioned for a while [...] Samsung also joined Microsoft’s Linux ‘protection’ racket when Lee Kun-Hee was in charge.")

More Misconduct Connected to Microsoft

Is Windows Mobile Being Replaced by Linux or by Ballnux? ("Another new report is suggesting that Samsung builds its own Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. [...] The big problem here is that Samsung pays "Linux tax" to Microsoft.")

Is Windows Mobile Being Replaced by Linux or by Ballnux?

Microsoft Dumping in SXSW, Barnardos, and Samsung ("Here is a similar publicity stunt from Microsoft’s extortion racket subscriber, Samsung.")

Microsoft Dumping in SXSW, Barnardos, and Samsung

Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE, Novell SUSE, and Samsung ("Not so long ago we wrote about a Samsung phone to avoid (Samsung signed a Linux patent deal with Microsoft) and here it is again.")

Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE, Novell SUSE, and Samsung

Microsoft Interjects Itself into Free Software Using Novell ("Samsung’s deal with Microsoft is similar to Novell’s, so Samsung’s failure would be wonderful news for GNU/Linux and a disaster to Microsoft’s plan against it.")

Microsoft Interjects Itself into Free Software Using Novell

UK’s First-ever LiMo Phones Are Encumbered by Microsoft Patent Tax (on Linux)

LiMo Phones to Avoid: Vodafone 360 H1 (Samsung)

Patents Roundup: Samsung/LiMo and Microsoft Tax, Microsoft Found Infringing Again

Patents Roundup: Linux, Acacia, Microsoft, Samsung and More ("Since Samsung pays Microsoft for Linux, what does this mean to Android/Google?")

Patents Roundup: Linux, Acacia, Microsoft, Samsung and More

Samsung Brings Microsoft’s ‘Linux Tax’ to Android As Well

Android Phones to Avoid: LG

Lawsuits Against Microsoft Turn to Class Action Lawsuit While Microsoft Mobiles Become Dying Breed ("A week ago we wrote about Samsung's bad impact on Android and now we find Microsoft’s friend Samsung ganging up to advance Windows Mobile.")

Lawsuits Against Microsoft Turn to Class Action Lawsuit While Microsoft Mobiles Become Dying Breed

Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE 11.2 Near GM; Ron Hovsepian Congratulates Intel ("Samsung, which signed a Microsoft patent deal similar to Novell’s, is still receiving some press for its Microsoft-taxed Linux phones.")

Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE 11.2 Near GM; Ron Hovsepian Congratulates Intel

Xandros to Visit Microsoft Show, Samsung’s Ballnux Phones Fail

Companies That Signed Anti-Linux Patent and FUD Deals with Microsoft Also Violate the GPL (Samsung included)

Companies That Signed Anti-Linux Patent and FUD Deals with Microsoft Also Violate the GPL

Companies That Facilitate Microsoft’s Linux Extortion Still Close Partners of Microsoft (Samsung included)

Companies That Facilitate Microsoft’s Linux Extortion Still Close Partners of Microsoft

Microsoft’s Software Patents Racket Against GNU/Linux Tightens Further

●●● Bada

“Bada” Means Microsoft Patent Tax

Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE Case Studies, Xandros and Bada

Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES and Samsung’s Bada, Enlightenment

Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE on Jaguar XT5, Xandros Dimming, LG Boots Ballnux Fast, Samsung Makes Bada/E17

Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE and GroundWork, Samsung and LG

Novell News Summary – Part II: Intelligent Workload Management, Ballnux, and Bada

Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES in IBM Mainframes and HP, Other Ballnux Distributions (Bada)

Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES+Itanium, Xandros, Samsung+Bada ("The arrival of Bada has put Samsung in some Linux spotlights recently. But Samsung is part of Microsoft’s Linux racket.")

Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES+Itanium, Xandros, Samsung+Bada