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Given: (1) Skyhook wanted it's service to ship. (2) Samsung wanted Skyhook's service to ship. (3) Motorola wanted Skyhook's service to ship. According to yo
by Steko 15y ago
Given:
(1) Skyhook wanted it's service to ship.
(2) Samsung wanted Skyhook's service to ship.
(3) Motorola wanted Skyhook's service to ship.
According to you:
(4) Google didn't care
Observe:
(5) Skyhook's service did NOT ship.
It's pretty clear that (4) is the non sequitur. What mystical forces do you suggest stopped this from shipping if not Google?
- nl 15y agoYou are misunderstanding the situation. Google cared deeply about their service being missing from the phones. The exclusivity clause in Skyhook's contract was what was stopping that. Skyhook didn't ship because their contract with Motorola (and I assume Samsung) required exclusivity. Google cared deeply about that, and Motorola notified Skyhook that their contract was invalid because of that exclusivity clause. Skyhook didn't ship because they no longer had a contract. If they had found a way to get a new contract then they could have shipped it. Unfortunately for Skyhook, Google managed to prove that their service gave just as good results as Skyhook, and Skyhook couldn't show any additional value so manufactures were no longer interested. (It's worth noting that apparently the manufactures were paying for Skyhook, but didn't have to pay for Google's service.)