tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900941957068933327.post7632914066497136483..comments2023-09-23T12:25:28.578-07:00Comments on Tom Thorne's ejournal: Google changes direction. All that cash just has to find a place to go.Tom Thornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993030440086108751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900941957068933327.post-68338606198482763952011-08-17T10:50:55.794-07:002011-08-17T10:50:55.794-07:00I hate that I don't have an edit button for th...I hate that I don't have an edit button for the little typos I've made, heh.Minister of Sincerityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268689158257811905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900941957068933327.post-78822318255440832632011-08-17T10:49:43.828-07:002011-08-17T10:49:43.828-07:00I view this as more of a defensive move on Google&...I view this as more of a defensive move on Google's part rather than a bold step forward. After the Nortel bit failed Google probably did not like the prospects of paying both Apple and Microsoft for virtually every handset Androids ended up on due to the patents the consortium had at its disposal after they grabbed at Nortel. <br /><br />Now Google has a bit of wiggle room but it's a Pyrrhic victory at best. The strength of the Android OS was the fact that it was meant to be hardware independent, a platform that was designed to work on any phone that could support the specs. As a member of basically the Open Platform Consortium (i could be remembering the name of this group wrong) Google is now potentially alienating many providers, especially Samsung who has been the darling of Android for the last little while. <br /><br />Does Google optimize Motorola hardware for Android and wield their new assets and raise the eire of Samsung or will Motorola remain merely a cluster of patents that Google uses as a legal lever to counter sue in this Tech Cold War we are in? I think we are all going to see inaction until Apple completes its programmable SIM card because the Applesoft Alliance has hamstrung Google pretty hard.Minister of Sincerityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268689158257811905noreply@blogger.com