Being patent holders doesn't imply they must become money extortionists and racketeers. Just because they have tons of patents doesn't mean they should bully everyone around. And they do, just making threats and FUD, without actually saying what patents are supposedly violated. That's protection racket and a form of patent trolling.

And personally I think software patents don't deserve to exist, and don't respect those who use them to extort money or to prevent competition.