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In order to be really useful, Patent consortia must be fair. Microsoft's is not fair. Nobody could think that Microsoft's and Novell's position's are equivalent. ON the other hand, the patent pool which was forced upon the Wright brothers during the first world war was a good example of a successful consortia. See for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wright_brothers_patent_war
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