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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Google buys Motorola for $12.5 billion |
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/breaki ... 5-billion/ Wow. This is a big deal. |
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| Author: | Arathain Kelvar [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:08 am ] |
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We need corporate behemoth cage matches. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:00 am ] |
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This is the first time Google is getting into the hardware market, I believe. |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:33 am ] |
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Lex Luthor wrote: This is the first time Google is getting into the hardware market, I believe. Wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:39 am ] |
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HTC built the Nexus One. Google just put their name on it. |
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| Author: | Aegnor [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:02 am ] |
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They aren't getting into the hardware businesses too deeply. Motorola Mobile will be run independently. Google did this to get the 17,000 patents. |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:44 am ] |
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Mookhow wrote: HTC built the Nexus One. Google just put their name on it. And distributed it. Certainly they outsourced the actual construction, but I think you could easily say they were "in" the hardware market. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:53 am ] |
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Aegnor wrote: Google did this to get the 17,000 patents. +1 |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:03 pm ] |
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I wouldn't be surprised if Google just stripped Motorola of their intellectual property and spun off the hardware design and manufacturing. Why is this in Hellfire? |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:32 pm ] |
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Midgen wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if Google just stripped Motorola of their intellectual property and spun off the hardware design and manufacturing. Why is this in Hellfire? It's controversial for companies to grow enormous. |
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| Author: | Wwen [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:11 pm ] |
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Not really. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:13 pm ] |
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Wwen wrote: Not really. Oh really? http://allthingsd.com/20110815/googles- ... to-action/ "Google’s Motorola Deal Will Spur Antitrust Regulators to Action" |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:24 pm ] |
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The FTC has a hard-on for trying to define Google as a monopoly. Of...something. Anything. Idiots. I guess they don't feel the need to bribe like Microsoft. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:29 pm ] |
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Wwen wrote: Not really. How 'bout, "Lex posted it and folks will **** in the thread just because of that"? |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:30 pm ] |
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I don't see antitrust regulators leaping to assault Apple's software/OS/music-distribution/music-player/telephone conglomerate. Calling Google's web-advertising/search/communication-software/OS hegemony's acquisition of a hardware arm, if they even keep it, offensive over-reaching... |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:33 pm ] |
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I have a feeling 90% of all technology-based FTC "anti-trust investigations" come about because of idiots who don't know how to look for alternatives. "Everywhere I go, I see this 'Google' thing! Monopoly! Monopoly!" "Uh, sir, all you have to do is click here, and you'll use Bing or Yahoo, if you like..." "I SAID 'MONOPOLY,' BOY!" "Uh, OK..." |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:53 pm ] |
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Recent reports are saying that Google was forced into the buy by Microsoft, who was also in talks with Motorola. If MS got them, they'd gain a ton of Android-related patents and a huge one-up on Google. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:16 pm ] |
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That makes even more sense... but wow.. twelve and a half Billion (with a B!) dollars!... |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:20 pm ] |
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... and a $2.5B breakup fee. |
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