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| Authored by: SilverWave on Saturday, May 04 2013 @ 03:03 PM EDT |
Quote:
"Getting a piece of what competitors are doing is a nice
thing" for Microsoft, said William Stofega, analyst at data
tracker IDC. Exactly how much of a "nice thing" is difficult
to determine because companies usually don't reveal such
terms, but analysts' estimates put it at hundreds of
millions of dollars every quarter.
Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/android-licensing-
pacts-ring-up-microsofts-phone-revenue-20130426-
00607#ixzz2SLrw2mI2
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| Authored by: SilverWave on Saturday, May 04 2013 @ 03:17 PM EDT |
Quote: Microsoft reports patent-licensing revenue with its
entertainment and devices division, which includes sales of
Windows Phone, Xbox and Skype. In the quarter ended in
March,that division's revenue jumped 56%, to $2.5 billion.
"I think the bulk of the increase came from licensing," said
Cem Ozkaynak, co-founder of Trefis.
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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| Authored by: albert on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 12:04 PM EDT |
Lots of 'analysis', but who really knows what licensing fees are being paid? I
don't have any faith in 'analysts' opinions. Unless they have inside
information, they are guessing. We all work with the same dataset.
As for SEC reports, ask your accountant to explain some of the tricks
corporations can legally use to make things look better.
Android phone manufacturers are making TONS of money, regardless of licensing
fees. This is what sticks in MS craw. Does it suck that they have to pay fees?
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 06 2013 @ 09:50 AM EDT |
But I guess so long as Samsung is in the patent agreement with MS - there
won't be a Samsung phone in my future.
Sorry Samsung - it's nothing
against you. I simply don't like giving my money to Microsoft.
Motorola
it is.
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