Estimates have NEST making $300 million per year already. That number should climb pretty good. Look at it as a ten year investment. Most people that have NEST stuff love it.
In terms of direct revenue it is a much smarter purchase financially than the Motorola purchase was.
Of course, people tend to think black and white when it comes to purchasing companies like this. The Motorola purchase has allowed Google to write off a lot of tax expenses because Motorola operates at a loss. Significant savings.
The NEST purchase involves a lot of patents and software development like Rathji mentioned that would take years for the Google team to develop.
Extremely smart purchase, and just more diversification going on at Google. I know everyone likes to think they don't want to hand over more personal information to Google, but the NEST thermostat, even with the personal data being given to NEST, is a game changer.
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