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Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)

Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)

Posted Aug 19, 2011 22:48 UTC (Fri) by ian00 (guest, #55476)
In reply to: Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica) by pboddie
Parent article: Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)

It is completely standard for information on mergers/aquisitions to be kept very secret or very public across all industries for several reasons including insider trading laws. I'm sure 99.9% of google employees had no idea until the public announcement. However, I agree that the quality of punditry is quite dubious, partly because it is so influenced by competitors talking points.


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Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)

Posted Aug 19, 2011 23:40 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]

To clarify, by "well-informed" I mean informed to a high enough degree, having observed the industry carefully, to generally be able to make educated guesses about what organisations will do next without having insiders whisper top-secret board-level plans in their ears.

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