EU and US Approve Google-Motorola Deal 187
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from the rocka-google-rola dept.
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.
Re:Let the lawsuits begin! (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Importers and purveyors of Chinese electronics seems like a good description to me.
Re:Thank heavens (Score:4, Funny)
The advent of IPv6 allows the requisite number of phone home patent chips to allow auto-negotiation of any lawsuits that may come about from now on.
But to limit the number of complaints about patents on Slashdot, I suggest we set an arbitrary limit on the number of patents allowed to exist at any one time.
I think 640K ought to be enough for everybody.
Re:Apple might be the ultimate loser (Score:5, Funny)
With Google standing behind Motorola and Microsoft standing behind Nokia...
Interesting analogy. Please allow me to extend it a little, if you will. "Google standing behind Motorola, owning it, and Microsoft standing behind Nokia with a garrot around its skinny corporate neck..."