Rainbird on 17 January 2012
kowenicki said:
you're right its awful news... why would anyone want $0.5bn this year for what amounts to nothing... this forum becomes more bizarre by the day. |
It can be good or bad news depending on your views.
On one hand, Microsoft getting this money from manufacturers utilizing an open smartphone OS could make closed OSs more popular and possibly stall innovation.
On the other hand, Microsoft increasing the cost of Android could make their own WP7 OS more attractive to manufacturers, which is excellent for both Microsoft and the competition in the smartphone market.
