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		bdcravens on May 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Install Ubuntu Linux on your Dell PC > And it came at Microsoft's expense Except for the fact that Microsoft makes a couple of billion every year on Android licensing fees: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-making-2bn-a-year-...

staunch on May 25, 2015 [–]

Which is nothing for Microsoft. They would have made hundreds of billions if Android hadn't prevented them from transferring their desktop OS monopoly to mobile.

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