And since you asked for a specific figure, it seems as of 2011 they were making $444 million annually [1] just out of their patents on Android. That's just out

And since you asked for a specific figure, it seems as of 2011 they were making $444 million annually [1] just out of their patents on Android. That's just out of the Android patents, a mere fistful among the more than 10.000 patents [2] they hold. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-microsoft-android-2011-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-microsoft-android-201... [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/microsoft_10000_patents/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/microsoft_10000_pate... edit: Also, are you seriously asking me to build my own laptop?