OK, I'll play... For a person making $100,000, I think we all could agree that "lunch money" would be $50. So, for a MultiNational conglomerate, I'd consider "pocket change" for their many years of billion dollar revenue past use, and unlimited years of billion dollar revenue future use, especially as a cost of business for core technology, as being something like .05% (5/10,000th) of a company's annual revenues for one single year; I think that's more than fair. This would be the equilivent of $3,500,000 for HTC, $91,000,000 for Apple, $55,000,000 for HP, etc etc etc.

These numbers all make sense to me and are great examples of what you ( and I and others probably ) think should have been. But do you know the numbers and other aspects of the deal with HTC? Then again if it is some outrageous amount I think your point (correct me if wrong please ) is that it still screws PTSC’s licensing strength, which is your main point. I’m just saying do you know the exact amount and terms because with out those specifics the argument is incomplete and only speculation ( however much experience one has ).