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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
It doesn't appear that Windows Phone 7 has attracted anyone before, why now? Even better question: if it doesn't inspire such an unlikely switch in focus to Windows Phone 7, where would it be more likely to be focused? Is MeeGo good enough for such an attraction? WebOS? Something else?

Here's what I think is more likely: nothing changes. Do you people think that Google's promise of continued support and openness provide enough incentive, given past performance and history, combined with Google's recently stated interest to use the newly acquired plethora of patents to protect the Android platform as promised?

Google will protect the "Android platform" allright. But how exactly? How is Motorola IP going to protect the OS without also protecting a device that the OS runs on?

Android is out of control right now. ZTE and Huawei plan their own android markets, their own ecosystems, even their own versions of the OS, and there is nothing Google can do to prevent it. With Motorola IP and production facilities they can create their own. There is no other way they can protect their interests.