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cma on Aug 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Motorola had another suitor: Microsoft

>I think their one exception is consoles

Uhh, Zune? And it's particularly relevant given the ipod/iphone transition path.

Kadrith on Aug 15, 2011 [–]

I also find it relevant that they started with a platform approach for Zune, then changed it to be vertically integrated. Why would they not consider the same for phones if they could buy MOTO and use them to bootstrap verticle integration?

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