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Why didn't Google gather around all the Android manufacturers from the beginning and make a pool with them? Why did they risk losing the patents by going at it
by nextparadigms 15y ago
Why didn't Google gather around all the Android manufacturers from the beginning and make a pool with them? Why did they risk losing the patents by going at it alone?
It only took Apple to try to bid for them, and they could've beaten Google if they really wanted, simply because they can afford to lose more cash than Google. Google should've considered this from the beginning. And in reality it was even worse, it more allied against them to get the patents, so Apple didn't even have to bother too much for them.
I think it was a newbie mistake to not get all Android manufacturers or the whole OHA to pay for them.
- protomyth 15y agoI get the feeling that the shake-up at the top had something to do with how uncoordinated they seem in this. It really looks like everyone else decided they didn't really want to spend huge money on something the DoJ was watching. Apple and Microsoft already have patent deals together and had, by accounts, a not so fun experience in video patents. RIM stills has the scars from their last patent war. Heck, Kodak has caused each of these companies problems. I am sure it was one of those "let's form a patent pool" things. Google's behavior with WebM / h.264 probably made them an unsuitable partner, never mind the market share thing.