Microsoft to charge royalty fees to prevent Taiwanese OEMs from using Android in netbooks

October 26, 2010 by Ron

Microsoft is turning to royalty fees in an attempt to prevent Taiwanese OEMs Acer and Asustek Computer from using Android and Chrome OS on netbooks.

DigiTimes has the scoop...

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