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Aeolun
on Jan 22, 2016
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Google's Android Generates $31B Revenue, Oracle Sa...
How does MS make money from Android? App sales?
rtkwe
on Jan 22, 2016
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Patent licensing fees. Microsoft holds a number of patents that they developed or purchased like exFAT and Exchange ActiveSync that are in every Android device made recently.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reve...
sowbug
on Jan 22, 2016
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By charging IP rents from phone manufacturers.
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