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Why wouldn't Google buy Palm for the patent war chest that it can use to defend itself against Apple? I am assuming of course that Palm have such a thing, but s
by buro9 17y ago
Why wouldn't Google buy Palm for the patent war chest that it can use to defend itself against Apple? I am assuming of course that Palm have such a thing, but since they were in that market a decade before other smart phones they must have a lot that is useful.
HTC might also find it immediately useful.
- blasdel 17y agoClever, considering that their WebOS is as if Android had been built by iPhone-influenced ChromeOS developers, instead of Newton-influenced Sidekick developers.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoIf it comes to a bidding war though, the patents are probably worth more to patent trolls, because they get to use them for big pay-offs not some anticlimactic cross-licensing deal.