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____/ John Slade on Sunday 03 Jul 2011 19:39 : \____
> On 6/30/2011 11:32 AM, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft Stops Windows Phone Development, Launches Android Patent Troll
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>> | âI never understood Google's OS strategy,â Ballmer laughed.
>> | âThey are so confused. What's the point of Google ChromeOS when
>> | you have Android? They just don't know the game.â They have been
>> | investing so much in their Android and don't even make a dime from it.
>> | That's not how businesses work. You have to answer to your investor.
>> | Those are the ones who take care of your company and not developers or
>> | users.â
>> |
>> | âWhile Google is wasting money on developing Android, we are
>> | monetizing on it. We make $5 every time an Android phone is sold.
>> | We are going after all Android companies, we have the legal force
>> | and money to scare the shit out of them. Imagine every Android company
>> | paying us $5 per unit! We can't even charge that much from a Windows Phone
>> | license,â said Ballmer.
>
> That's MS for ya. They want to make a ton of money and they
> will get into any market they can. Looking at MS' purchases of
> Skype and Nokia, I think MS is looking to get into some areas
> where money can be made. I think tablet owners and other mobile
> users will flock towards Skype-Like pricing for their
> communications. MS can make a bundle on selling cheap access to
> the mobile crowd like Skype did to their customers.
Microsoft didn't pay much for Skype. It used a hack using a mole from Gartner
(it's not 8 billion).
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