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HTC Is Paying Microsoft $5 For Every Android Phone

Posted by timothy on from the they've-reached-step-3 dept.

jcarr writes "According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, HTC is paying Microsoft $5 for each Android phone it makes. This may be related to a report from last year: MS and HTC sign patent deal. So now we can't even write a free OS?"

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  1. Re:Software Patents. by Thoreauly+Nuts · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Knowledge Sir, should be free to all." ----Harcourt Fenton Mudd

    (in response to an accusation by James T. Kirk that he didn't pay royalties on patents.)

    Star Trek Original Series Season 2 Episode 8 - "I, Mudd" (1967)
    Time of quote in Episode: 13:37

    Can I FINALLY get my nerd card now?

    --
    "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. " ---Henry David Thoreau