Larry Page CEO of Google had this to say of the acquisition: The deal could turn some rivals against Google as Motorola has been in battle with LG, HTC and Samsung, just to name a few. This made us wonder about the future platform openness of Android. Andy Rubin, Google’s senior vice president of mobile, said in a statement that the Android platform will remain open: What else does Google get in this deal? Motorola Mobility has ~19k employees, $3B in the bank, a thriving business around TV set-top boxes and phone accessories (cases, chargers, headsets, etc), a great deal with the state of Illinois for their headquarters (in Libertyville, IL) and more. So it will remain to be seen if Google stays true to those words and is not in fact looking to duplicate Apple’s business model. What do you think of this acquisition? How do you think it will affect Android moving forward?
