&quot;Its a well known fact that Google bought Motorola only for the patents. Google has also managed to use the patents to sue other companies including Microsoft.&quot;<p>Really? Which suits were that?<p>Google has never sued another company over patents. They&#x27;ve made counterclaims when themselves sued, but claiming otherwise is just a fiction.<p>And they bought Motorola because Motorola was threatening to start suing all of the other Android makers, causing infighting that Google didn&#x27;t want. So Google bought Motorola....to stop those patents from being used to sue, further diminishing your point.<p>On the whole, Google is <i>very much</i> the good guys, and Microsoft are <i>very much</i> the bad guys.<p>However I will say it is naive to assume this will continue forever. There was a period where Microsoft seldom threatened anyone, and we all held quaint notions about all of their &quot;defensive&quot; patents. Situations and markets change, and suddenly desperation takes foot and the company that was hugs and kisses becomes claws and kicks, so I would never assume that Google will always be a fairly good citizen. It could change.