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> not because they wanted in on the hardware business I don't think that's true, see Project Ara [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara https://en.
by personjerry 9y ago
> not because they wanted in on the hardware business
I don't think that's true, see Project Ara [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara
- cptskippy 9y agoI'm sure the hardware was a bonus but at the time the purchase was primarily driven by the patents. Apple, Microsoft, Oracle , Cisco, and all the other big players have shed loads of patents for just about everything and uses them as counter measures against any potential litigation. Google at the time was lacking in such patents and was vulnerable. Motorola presented an opportunity with it's extensive cache of patents to level the playing field.
- on_and_off 9y agoGoogle also kept the experimental team (I don't remember its name) from Moto.