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EU and US Approve Google-Motorola Deal

Posted by Unknown on from the rocka-google-rola dept.

angry tapir writes "European regulators have given Google the green light to take over Motorola Mobility. The U.S. $12.5 billion deal faced strong opposition from open source and consumer rights advocates, including Consumer Watchdog, but the European Commission announced on Monday that the acquisition could go ahead, without conditions." Later in the day the DOJ announced an end to its investigation, greenlighting the acquisition in the U.S. as well.

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  1. Let the lawsuits begin! by kilodelta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And with Motorola Mobility it seems Google gets a nice little patent war chest. I can't wait until they sue Apple out of existence to be honest.

    1. Re:Let the lawsuits begin! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Apple isn't "an electronics maker". They design electronics, buy a lot of Samsung components and have poor Chinese people work 18 hours a day to assemble them.

  2. Re:Opposition from open source? by c0lo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seriously, guys, anyone that can provide some links that shows "strong opposition from open source"?

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  3. Re:Opposition from open source? by stephanruby · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Correct me I'm wrong, as I'm not in the know, but wouldn't this be a plus for rom development on motorola droid phones?

    It could.

    With HTC officially unlocking its bootloaders and Samsung officially hiring the Cyanogen guy (and then encouraging him to continue doing his custom rom development on the side -- with a healthy salary and no strings attached), custom Android rom development is looking very promising all around.