@monkbent Motorola was threatening to sue the other Android OEMs. Had them over a barrel at the time.
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@on_wu with patents that were toothless because if FRAND. Many of us said so at time. -
@monkbent you don't think they bought them for patents (which they retained)? If that was the case I'd 100% agree with you re the mistake -
@on_wu stand by explanation here:http://stratechery.com/2014/googles-tasty-lemonade/ …
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@monkbent If Google buying Moto was a mistake, then possibly same could be said for MS buying Nokia & making the Surface. -
@shameermulji which I've said is indeed the case
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@monkbent Google "saved" money by returning to a sound strategy. Your turn, Microsoft... ;-) -
@paologorgo one of those situations where it's nice to have a founder as CEO. Political capital to ignore sunk costs.
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@monkbent@BenedictEvans what if it was just head fake for Microsoft to follow suit and acquire Nokia? Android wanted its Bing! -
@navenduchandra@BenedictEvans too cute by half - End of conversation
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@monkbent So if Google buying Motorola was a lemonade-level mistake, what does that make Microsoft buying Nokia? -
@monkbent You've said Google is a 100% vertical player in the past, yes? I don't think that's quite true, because of Google Accounts. -
@jpiscitello I’ve said the exact opposite -
@monkbent My bad - I wrote "vertical" when I meant "horizontal".
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@monkbent@BenedictEvans If you must really hear this: Any sufficiently large multi-billion dollar mistake is indistinguishable from successThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent and there is no way the made money. They did, however, make the best recovery in using the sale to get concessions from SammyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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