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"How long until Microsoft is making more money on patent licensing than from their mobile unit? Serious question. Maybe they already are." I'd imagine there's
by famousactress 16y ago
"How long until Microsoft is making more money on patent licensing than from their mobile unit? Serious question. Maybe they already are."
I'd imagine there's an excellent chance that they already are. Sounds much cheaper to keep a stable of lawyers around than hundreds of engineers, testers, support staff, and marketing folk.
If you think the margins on selling software are high...
- api 16y agoThe latest trend in business: make money by creating no value whatsoever! Actually, in my experience this is the MBA ideal. From the pure bean-counting perspective, the ideal business would be something that just made free money. No staff, no overhead, etc.