>offering discounts to prevent companies like Dell from selling competing operating systems. Isn't that what Google is doing with android too? Can't say much

>offering discounts to prevent companies like Dell from selling competing operating systems. Isn't that what Google is doing with android too? Can't say much about the rest of your comment, but I'm pretty sure Google wasn't trying to "prevent companies like [LG/Samsung/HTC] from selling competing operating systems." Apple doesn't sell iOS to other hardware manufacturers, and the other modern smartphone operating systems didn't exist when Google open-sourced Android. Microsoft, on the other hand, has attempted to coerce vendors into selling Windows Phone smartphones by threatening them with patent suits.