Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
22 Jul 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume II
“Microsoft is trying to ask for, whatever it is, some single digit number of dollars for a licensing fee of the OS. I think I’m undershooting, but let’s even say it’s $5.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 22 Jul 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume II
Transcript context
…And say, hey, how about a deal for $0? Yup. Deal point number one, here you go, it’s free. Deal point number two, you can even have the source code. Deal point number three, we aren’t Microsoft. Look at what they did to the PC makers. Do not let them do that to you. You know those PC makers? They make no money. Zero the profit dollars in the value chain accrue to these PC makers, they all accrue to the software vendor. It’s literally the same people who did that to the PC makers. Why would you let them do that to you? And remember, in this mobile world, every cent matters. Microsoft is trying to ask for, whatever it is, some single digit number of dollars for a licensing fee of the OS. I think I’m undershooting, but let’s even say it’s $5. That is a mountain of difference between $0 and $5. In a low margin business.…
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