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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Isn't Google's smartphone OS strategy akin to Microsoft's PC OS strategy? That is, they create and supply an OS to third-party hardware partners but don't actually compete in the hardware field themselves (as opposed to Apple and RIM who create both the OS and the hardware). What possible gain is there to abandon that strategy now, considering that history has shown time and again that the system available to the greatest number of hardware manufacturers tends to win the most marketshare even if competing technologies are superior (e.g. Mac vs. DOS/Windows, Betamax vs. VHS, etc.).
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Google is keeping Motorola as a separate entity, as an end consumer we won't notice any difference. Google is even going so far as to stress that Motorola won't have any advantage when it comes to bidding to create the new Nexus (Google's flagship Android phone)
http://www.androidcentral.com/motoro...ndy-rubin-says
another big thing to note is that unlike other software or hardware licenses, Android is open source. hardware manufacturers don't pay Google anything to put Android on their devices, unlike Windows. this move by Google doesn't impact their business at all, and in fact all the major Android hardware makers have already come out in support of Google's move as this will help protect them from the vultures at Apple and Microsoft trying to sue them into oblivion