It's not little. Licensing is mostly profit, while "hardware" is mostly cost.
Remember for the first two or three Surface tries, Microsoft was losing money even if it had a "billion in revenue" from them.
Remember for the first two or three Surface tries, Microsoft was losing money even if it had a "billion in revenue" from them.
For Microsoft, it's little -- and most of Microsoft's revenues are from licensing, though principally of software.
For Samsung, with $307 billion in income and $30 billion in profits, it's still a relatively small share of costs.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-12/samsung-invests-in-...