The thing about the PC was that it was an accident of history. Being made largely out of off the shelf parts, and coming from a company with a massive brand re

The thing about the PC was that it was an accident of history. Being made largely out of off the shelf parts, and coming from a company with a massive brand recognition in the business world, the PC was ripe for cloning. The standardization only happened after the BIOS had been cloned, and the clones defended successfully in court. As Project Ara moved forward, it became more and more clear that Google would have none of that clone business.