i can't believe they actually pay lodsys already. what a joke.
Paying a troll is like dumping toxic waste on your water supply. It's, at minimum, inconsiderate. By doing that, they further enabled this troll to go after everybody else.
Considering that Apple has already licensed the patent before being sued, why do you call them a patent troll. How as Apple to know that they were going to go after other developers?
It could have, for all you know, been a legitimate patent licensing issue - unless you think anyone claiming infringement on any software patent is a patent troll - which is a stance I don't really disagree with, but that's a separate argument, I guess.