On Aug 16, 2:33 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote:
[...] > So, looking at it like that, they just dropped 12,000 million dollars on a > patent portfolio. Boy. That's hard to comprehend, isn't it? There's also suggestion it buys Google some manufacturing capacity to head off apple's growing stranglehold over the semiconductor supply chain (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8702132/Google- buys-Motorola-Mobility-in-12.5bn-deal.html). However that feels like more of a "happy coincidence" - the patent portfolio seems to be what they were after. Patents may (or may not...) stifle progress instead of enabling it. But they're undeniably big business. Time to cross-train as a patent lawyer...? Oh wait, I only have one soul, don't want to sell it... - S. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
