It actually used to be much worse before the 3 straight years of relentless decline in QCOM's stock -- despite 3 straight years of increasing cash flows!!! -- forced these rising tide QCOM genuises to grudgingly accept the common sense point that many of us have been making all long: QCOM and IDCC are not mutually exclusive investments but are, in fact, complementary.
Think of the recurring attacks, as you put it, as a proactive attempt at deterrence. Rox just happened to stick his glass jaw out at the wrong time.<g> Nothing personal.