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Ask Jerry: Why doesn't Apple sell iOS to other companies?

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Ed asks a question here that I often think about — what if Apple licensed out its phone and tablet OS the way Google does, or Microsoft does for desktops and laptops? It has leveraged this fortune to build other products that make money now that Windows and Office aren't the revenue stream of the future. I remember speaking with some Google execs over 10 years ago and the most important thing was India's share of the world technology market.

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