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To: dayglored

Royalties to both Microsoft and Google.....unless Microsoft is going to be giving away their OS.


13 posted on 04/10/2015 6:50:47 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA
> ...unless Microsoft is going to be giving away their OS.

They would have to. People are used to free or nearly free apps, free updates, etc.

Microsoft has to give it away. But no worries, they'll more than make it up in other related areas.

16 posted on 04/10/2015 6:56:59 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
How about.... Ubuntu Phone!!


23 posted on 04/10/2015 7:23:58 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Google doesn’t get royalties for Android. It’s open source because it’s a version of linux.


33 posted on 04/10/2015 8:13:37 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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