re: Blackberry wants to legally force developers to develop for their platform

Let me get this straight, Blackberry wants Congress to just start printing money so they can pay developers to support platforms that normal investors are currently not interested in funding? Or does Blackberry plan to subsidize these development themselves?

From where does Mr. Chen propose this additional money originate? Tax-payers? frick that noise! If Blackberry and Microsoft are pissed that developers for not supporting their platform, maybe they should make better dev-tools and API available. If Blackberry and Microsoft are butthurt tech companies aren't jumping on their band-wagon to support their platforms, instead of crying to Congress to disregard the Free-Market; making they should recognize the support gap for what it is: their products are perceived to be inferior and tech-companies don't have as much confidence in them as they do their competitors. This is not collusion between Apple and Google nor is it the result of uncompetitive business practices! It's survival of the fittest! Blackberry shat their own bed, the onus to save themselves is on them; not the app-developers!