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Originally Posted by David Marseilles
It's a shame google didn't snatch up Palm back before HP did (<$2b vs >$12B). Looks like Motorola has a larger portfolio, but size isn't everything. I suspect Palm's portfolio might have even been a better defense for dramatically less money.
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I am kind of glad they didn't, Google would have killed off WebOS. Besides, perhaps Motorola's patents may just be a lot more valuable in this particular situation? We don't really know. And they can easily sell off the hardware business. It just doesn't fit in with Google as a company.