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Any reason this O/S won’t get hit with the same mountain of patent violatlon lawsuits its big brother Android already has?

It's a computer, not a smart phone or a tablet. And the Chrome OS is built on top of Linux, which has proven quite bulletproof to lawsuits by scammers and patent free-loaders, even those with secret backing from Redmond.

Android is built on linux as well, and has been a magnet for lawsuits. According to this link, from 2011, 25 patents from Microsoft have been used in various suits:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2011/03/21/android-patent-infringement-licensing-is-the-solution.aspx

And others are cashing in as well, like this company that was awarded $5 million from Google just a few weeks ago:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/google-ordered-to-pay-5-million-in-linux-patent-infringement-su/

I’m not saying that lawsuits are good, but since Linux is a clone by nature it should certainly expect more. And the new one from Oracle against Google is a doozy, let e know if you need a link to that one as well.