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Google Bought Motorola for More Than Patents, Schmidt Says

42 points by joelhaus 15y ago

far33d 15y ago
does anyone else find the URL for this article strange?
- fbailey 15y ago
  not just strange ... it's like a hidden message
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  A little bit of googling suggests those comments came from a salesforce.com presentation he gave. Perhaps that part of the article was edited out and the title changed, but the url didn't.
- ximeng 15y ago
  Freudian slip? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/09/01/bloomberg1376-LQVD3E6K50Y201-36QQFSLCBDUJEMEAQQ2V22731A.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/09/01/... s/stand/stay
skrebbel 15y ago
The article has exactly as much information as its title.
- athst 15y ago
  I think the subtext is that. before, the Google line on the acquisition is that it was solely for the patents. Possibly to not piss off their other partners who are making the hardware that competes with Motorola. To my knowledge this is the first Google exec to admit publicly that having control over both the hardware and software platforms could make better products.
  - hasslblad 15y ago
    Most of the talk of Google buying Motorola Mobile has been about the patents and more control over the hardware. I think it's also important to consider the tax breaks Google could be aiming for - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/google_buys_tax_breaks_along_with_mobility/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/google_buys_tax_brea...
eitally 15y ago
As someone who was there, I think it's fair to say that this article had no real business being written. Yes, the quote from Eric is accurate. However, it was literally the only sentence he spoke about the deal and it was completely devoid of any information. The two main topics of the interview were the economy (and the political landscape) and the history of modern computing as see through Eric's lens (PARC --> Sun --> Novell --> Google).
- mark_l_watson 15y ago
  Too bad what they said about the economy and politics were not covered - that would have been more interesting.
  - joelhaus 15y ago
    This may include it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955153 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955153 [edit:] Actually it does, you can skip to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=41m38s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=41m38s

42 points by joelhaus 15y ago

far33d 15y ago

does anyone else find the URL for this article strange?

fbailey 15y ago
not just strange ... it's like a hidden message
redthrowaway 15y ago
A little bit of googling suggests those comments came from a salesforce.com presentation he gave. Perhaps that part of the article was edited out and the title changed, but the url didn't.
ximeng 15y ago
Freudian slip? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/09/01/bloomberg1376-LQVD3E6K50Y201-36QQFSLCBDUJEMEAQQ2V22731A.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/09/01/... s/stand/stay

skrebbel 15y ago

The article has exactly as much information as its title.

athst 15y ago
I think the subtext is that. before, the Google line on the acquisition is that it was solely for the patents. Possibly to not piss off their other partners who are making the hardware that competes with Motorola. To my knowledge this is the first Google exec to admit publicly that having control over both the hardware and software platforms could make better products.
- hasslblad 15y ago
  Most of the talk of Google buying Motorola Mobile has been about the patents and more control over the hardware. I think it's also important to consider the tax breaks Google could be aiming for - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/google_buys_tax_breaks_along_with_mobility/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/google_buys_tax_brea...

eitally 15y ago

As someone who was there, I think it's fair to say that this article had no real business being written. Yes, the quote from Eric is accurate. However, it was literally the only sentence he spoke about the deal and it was completely devoid of any information. The two main topics of the interview were the economy (and the political landscape) and the history of modern computing as see through Eric's lens (PARC --> Sun --> Novell --> Google).

mark_l_watson 15y ago
Too bad what they said about the economy and politics were not covered - that would have been more interesting.
- joelhaus 15y ago
  This may include it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955153 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955153 [edit:] Actually it does, you can skip to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=41m38s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=41m38s