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Source: Microsoft [press release]

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Still quoting two year old reports?
By datdamonfoo on 4/17/2013 1:47:31 PM , Rating: 4

The link provided is almost two years old! Is there any CURRENT evidence that this is still true? If not, please stop pasting it into every Windows Phone article.



By k3v1nb1 on 4/20/2013 7:06:32 PM , Rating: 2
Imagine you have 10 friends. Imagine all 10 friends have a smart phone. How many have Apple, how many Android and how many Windows (sorry RIM my last die-hard Crackberry friend went Android).

Two years ago the projection of Windows Phone market segment was more optimistic than it is today!

Sometimes ancient documents are still relevant.

By nick2000 on 4/17/2013 1:56:20 PM , Rating: 3
They have always admired the credit card approach where you charge for every transaction. Short of that, they just want a cut of every piece of computing equipment sold. They were using exclusive contracts with PC manufacturers but regulators frown on monopolies doing that so now they found that the patent system is wonderfully screwed up and can be exploited! yeah! By the time you are done fighting patents 1-10000, it would be much much cheaper to settle and it's all legal! The Mafia would be proud.

It's all BS. I would be happy buying (for a small sum) an updated version of the OS every years (call it a yearly subscription) if I get something out of it, like Apple does with their OS updates I guess. Tech giants are great really: Apple is overprotective and Microsoft always seems to find the dubious ways to extract money.

And the patent system is completely broke. Is there anybody that uses the patent system to get ideas and license something? Software developers are typically told NOT to look at *anything* otherwise they could be accused of stealing "ideas" if the company gets sued. How is that for "fostering innovation"?

By Samus on 4/17/2013 4:36:34 PM , Rating: 3
They love the skim. And I'm not talking milk.

The Mafia would be proud.


They deserve to get squashed by a giant robot.

By kmmatney on 4/17/2013 5:12:28 PM , Rating: 2
I wonder if makers of Windows 8 phones get a break. Also, does Microsoft charge for the OS, or is it free like Android?

RE: HTC...
By sprockkets on 4/17/2013 10:29:30 PM , Rating: 2
MS charges for the OS.

But get this: They pay Nokia $1 billion dollars a year to use WP, and they are 80% of the WP market. It is assumed Nokia receives more than it pays in licenses.

WP has gained market share from like 1% to 3.2%.

Goddamnit, Microsoft...
By FastEddieLB on 4/18/2013 6:13:09 PM , Rating: 1
This is the same bullshit that made me boycott Apple, and now Microsoft is in on it? I swear, if I didn't need Windows 7 to play my favorite games I'd be a permanent Linux user.

