Microsoft and Oracle killing the cash cow

I don't know if Microsoft and Oracle realize that they have to be careful in their battle with Google and Android. Personally, I think this whole patent business could end up killing the cash cow or at least weakening it quite a bit. The Android technology has created a very dynamic ecosystem that has generated what I think is a non negligible amount of business activity. Both Microsoft and Oracle are probably already benefiting indirectly from this economic activity. I wonder how many developers are running Eclipse using Oracle JRE and using the Android SDK on Windows based PCs.
Instead of being always destructive maybe Oracle and Microsoft should start to think about how they could benefit from the Android platform (I know, that sounds weird). I'm sure they would find some positive ways to get money out of the platform.