Posts by Nemesis02

This just goes to show that there's a conflict of interest with the Attorney General. The Attorney General is supposed to be in-partial when it comes to these things, but with the leaked emails showing his affiliation with the MPAA, he cannot be in-partial. Just goes to show how the these special interest groups such as the MPAA and the RIAA don't care about justice, they only care about results, and putting money in their pockets, and will resort to any means necessary to move their agenda forward.

The Cost of Supporting Free Software

Yes the Android is one of the most widely used operating system for mobile devices. Unlike Microsoft Windows, the Android operating system is an Open Source project ran by Google. For those who are unaware of what Open Source actually means is that the developer of the project, releases the source files which is used to create the operating freely for anyone to use and modify. What that actually means is that Google does not monetize on the distribution of their operating system.

What differentiates Android from Windows is that companies such as Dell, Toshiba and HP, whenever they build a Windows base machines including mobile devices, they have to purchase a license for Windows from Microsoft and those costs are then passed to us, the consumer. Google on the other hand does not charge manufactures for loading their Android operating system on mobile devices. Google does offer support to companies on building mobile devices so that they're compatible with their mobile operating system at a premium not as a device by device basis but as an annual re-occurring fee only for the support. They use a different model than Microsoft for revenue generation which is primarily the display of targeted advertising. By negating, or hampering,

By negating, or hampering Google's way of generating revenue off of a product, that product becomes no longer sustainable by the company which they in turn would stop developing or would be required to change their revenue model to one similar to Microsoft. If that happens though, you can expect that costs be passed onto us, the consumers through an increase in the cost of the mobile devices.

Also ask yourself can it really be considered a monopoly if we choose to use a specific service more than others if that service builds a higher quality product?