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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Simon Waters wrote: > >> On 16/08/11 07:48, Rob Beard wrote: >>> >>> So Google is now officially a hardware manufacturer then. > > It's only the mobile division - the other divisions are staying put - e.g. > the R&D plant in Ashburton... (AIUI) > >> It is patents all the way. > > Bingo! > >> Google don't want to be in the Mobile Phone manufacturing, they won't do >> it competitively and it'll lead to channel conflict. >> >> On the other hand the patent lawyers at Apple will be thinking "oops, >> why didn't we think of that." >> >> As soon as it is clear this will go through I expect Apple will start >> discussing dropping patent claims against other Android manufacturers. >> >> If Google have any sense they'll probably strip the patents and anything >> useful for Android, and sell the rest, possibly after some restructuring. > > Not that what's left will be worth anything... > > I did some work for Moto some years back just before the place in Ashburton > was bought up by Moto and I'm off to see some ex Moto folk this afternoon - > be intersting to get their view on it all! > > Gordon I am impressed they managed to keep such a big deal secret! roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq