Monday, August 15, 2011

Google: We Bought Motorola To "Protect" The Android Ecosystem

Google says it is paying $12.5 billion to protect the Android ecosystem from the patent warfare of Microsoft and Apple. Google is not going to be giving Motorola favorable treatment, says Android chief Andy Rubin. It will be a separate division and it will have to fight for Google's business like everyone else.
It's a smart way to sell the deal early on: The government might buy it, and Android partners might buy it, too.

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Diversity Means "Cognitive Diversity" (Diversity of Thought)

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