Thread: MeeGo flexes its muscle, previews developer support
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-04-13 , 15:20
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Originally Posted by Odd_gunnic View Post
Allow me to voice my ignorance for a moment here;

I know its open source and all, but does this mean Nokia and Intel will get royalties?

I ask because Nokia unlike Google or Apple, will be competing in hardware sales for their own OS.
No, Nokia & Intel will not get any royalties.

And yes, they'll be competing in hardware sales. Presumably they believe that the larger market (phones, tablets, PCs, etc.), along with reduced OS development costs, will offset that. The larger the potential market, the more apps will get written, and that'll drive more sales. They're already in a similar situation with Symbian (I think it's offered royalty-free now anyway), and seem to be coping.