Thom Holwerda : this is mafia behaviour

Story: HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android phoneTotal Replies: 0
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henke54

May 30, 2011
6:04 AM EDT
Thom Holwerda wrote:As I have already said numerous times on OSNews: this is mafia behaviour. Microsoft is basically bullying Android device makers into paying protection money, probably with the goal of making this protection money about as much as the cost of a Windows Phone 7 license. Horace Dediu did some quick maths, and came to the conclusion that Microsoft earns more from HTC's Android devices than it does form its own Windows Phone 7; Microsoft has admitted selling 2 million WP7 licenses, and assuming a price of $15 per license, that's $30 million in revenue. Using the rough estimate of 30 million HTC android devices, you come to the conclusion that Android earns Microsoft more than WP7.
http://www.osnews.com/story/24800/Microsoft_Earns_More_from_...

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