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	danramos	2011-08-16 , 09:08
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Originally Posted by ericsson

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.

Here's a GREAT article about this... written by a self-described Apple enthusiast, no less...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...XIJ_story.html

It seems to skirt a lot of the theories and questions we're all mulling about the deal. It EVEN mentions the idea of whether carriers might consider the Windows Mobile platform... but mainly, it's pretty heavy on the idea that this was CLEARLY about the patents (about 20,000 patents now! ...that's more than Microsoft has!) but he does say that it might also be about shaking a stick at competitors--to insist on better build quality and more frequent updates, etc. As a consumer, I WHOLLY welcome that, if that's the case. I love Samsung's hardware, but goddamit if I just f***ing HATE their unbelievably poor turn-around on updates. Motorola has been surprisingly good about updates, though--so this is just perfect already.

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