Google’s $12.5 billion dollar Motorola insurance policy

Why would Google pay $ 12.5 billion for Motorola? It cost them 18 months of their profits. It’s 3 times what Apple, Microsoft, and a consortium of others paid for Nortel’s patents. It’s 10 times what HP paid for Palm. Hell, Google is guaranteeing twice as much in break-up penalty alone as HP paid for Palm. Why would a smart company like Google, one that’s already sunk untold resources into an OS they essentially give away for free, spend so much of their capital on a

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