Opinions - Microsoft thought to make far more revenue from Android than WP7

[HEXUS]

Yes, you read that right, read on to find out why.

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[mark22]

I wonder how much more Samsung make from selling to Apple than they do from Bada. Is that a similar comparison, I don't know. Either way if people keep up patenting everything this is how it goes.

[finlay666]

Samsung make nothing from Bada as it's an OS on their own platform for their own devices, it is akin to Apple selling iOS, they make practically nothing off anything even peripheral sales

Good business work protecting potential future threats though, got to give them that

[Mblaster]

From what I read somewhere else (I can't find it now) it wasn't patents that they held against the Android OS it self, but the on the file system used on the memory cards (FAT32), hence why they go after the handset manufacturers rather than Google directly as Oracle are doing. Bear in mind this may be a load of rubbish though

[crossy]

Fascinating article.

It does leave me with the question though - if MS stands to make more money from Android than WP7, then surely shouldn't it be doing more to support Android (OfficeLite for 'droid?). Note, I'm not saying that MS should be promoting Android - because (a) that would be silly (given they're suing) and (b) look like entrapment (because they're suing). Perhaps offer "reasonable" license terms for their IP?

From my naive point of view, MS doing apps for Android would be a good thing for them - helping to sneak MSware into the Android arena, which makes it easier to justify MS OS's on your servers (talking about business use) or make it easier to use Win7/8 desktops (for home use).