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This comment on the post summarizes well >> Nicolas Charbonnier Moto total cost $12.5B to Goog in 2011: - $3.2B Moto's 2011 cash - $2.4B Moto's 2011 def

by dudus 13y ago

This comment on the post summarizes well >> Nicolas Charbonnier Moto total cost $12.5B to Goog in 2011: - $3.2B Moto's 2011 cash - $2.4B Moto's 2011 deferred tax assets - $2.35B Moto's Set-top-box business sold in 2012 - $75M Moto's factories business sold in 2013 (incl 7K factory employees) - $2.91B Moto's Mobility business sold in 2014 Thus Moto's remaining assets including patents, buildings (in Chicago and elsewhere), probably a good part of the 12K employees cost Goog $1.56B Doing that, Goog may have well protected and guided the Android ecosystem along in the past couple years.

kyrra 13y ago
I thought the Chicago (technically the Schaumburg office I believe) moto office was part of the Mobility group? Google is retaining those people?
- pavanred 13y ago
  Motorola Mobility office is in Libertyville and they are currently moving some employees to an office in downtown Chicago.
- budu3 13y ago
  You're confusing Motorola Solutions headquartered in Schaumburg and Motorola Mobility headquartered in Libertyville.
graving 13y ago
Those numbers don't include Motorola's increasing losses under Google. http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52605103ecad0479335c44d0-960/chart-of-the-day-motorola-losses.jpg http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52605103ecad0479335... The loss for the latest quarter will be announced tomorrow.
dclara 13y ago
This looks more clear. They pretty much got everything back except the tax liability payment plus the valuable patents remained. Not a bad deal. And I think it's a positive move to put the hardware design and manufacturing back to the hardware company to compete in that market sector. The only sad thing is Android's future.
dudus 13y ago
just for reference here's the original link to this breakdown. https://plus.google.com/u/0/106075758531242552855/posts/JrPiHmXu2Wu https://plus.google.com/u/0/106075758531242552855/posts/JrPi...

by dudus 13y ago

kyrra 13y ago

I thought the Chicago (technically the Schaumburg office I believe) moto office was part of the Mobility group? Google is retaining those people?

pavanred 13y ago
Motorola Mobility office is in Libertyville and they are currently moving some employees to an office in downtown Chicago.
budu3 13y ago
You're confusing Motorola Solutions headquartered in Schaumburg and Motorola Mobility headquartered in Libertyville.

graving 13y ago

Those numbers don't include Motorola's increasing losses under Google. http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52605103ecad0479335c44d0-960/chart-of-the-day-motorola-losses.jpg http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52605103ecad0479335... The loss for the latest quarter will be announced tomorrow.

dclara 13y ago

This looks more clear. They pretty much got everything back except the tax liability payment plus the valuable patents remained. Not a bad deal. And I think it's a positive move to put the hardware design and manufacturing back to the hardware company to compete in that market sector. The only sad thing is Android's future.

dudus 13y ago

just for reference here's the original link to this breakdown. https://plus.google.com/u/0/106075758531242552855/posts/JrPiHmXu2Wu https://plus.google.com/u/0/106075758531242552855/posts/JrPi...