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

My gut reaction to this was "Are you kidding me?" How many global manufacturers have done exactly this? And made it very profitable? Besides, this is business - lying can't exist when there's no concept of truth.

I do think some investors will be very disappointed if Google doesn't attempt to use it's new assets to their full capacity. However, I don't believe these other OEMs should be all that concerned if they do. They have to compete/diversify anyway. Doesn't Samsung make hardware for Apple? HTC has shipped Windows stuff for years.

The "networked appliance" market continues to grow. If a reference design comes out of this as others have projected, OEMs will have plenty of incentive to build Android stuff, especially if they can sidestep some patent silliness. Motorola can't build, brand and distribute everything.