“In a previous article, I talked about how Apple (AAPL) forced Google (GOOG) into a panic purchase of Motorola Mobility (MMI) for $12.5 billion dollars,” Cameron Kaine writes for SeekingAlpha.
“One of Apple’s advantages has always been its platform unification whereas others such as Google’s Android, had more of a fragmented platform,” Kaine writes. “Basically Google saw an Apple advantage and wanted to strategically take it away by its acquisition. But the question is, will it be enough?”
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Kaine writes, “It boggles my mind to see why Google, a successful software and services juggernaut, would make this deal and enter the hardware market. I keep going back to one simple answer; it works for Apple, so why not become a clone? Or better yet, ‘if you can’t beat them, join them.’ …Needless to say, its management will have its hands full to produce the return on what only appears to be an expensive attempt at becoming an Apple clone.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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