Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion

Re:Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion by qeorge on Monday August 15, 2011 @10:44AM (#2887086)

That's a great question. I would expect MS to maintain the BlackBerry brand, which I think still has some clout in the enterprise. That and MS/RIM have a somewhat long-standing relationship too. As I understand it, BlackBerry is the only way to get end-to-end encryption from an Exchange server to a smartphone, although I'd be surprised if that's not added to WP7.

But basically, I think RIM is screwing up so much that they'll be an acquisition target soon, and MS seems like the most likely buyer to me.

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Re:Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion by hollerith on Monday August 15, 2011 @12:12PM (#2887467)

>I would expect MS to maintain the BlackBerry brand, which I think still has some clout in the enterprise.

Does MS really need a brand with enterprise clout though? Doesn't the MS brand itself have enough enterprise clout?

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Re:Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 Billion by Kadrith on Monday August 15, 2011 @01:20PM (#2887793)

I think the MS brand has more clout than RIM; if for no other reason than most large companies will have a relationship with MS for other products. In all of the large companies I've worked at buying from an existing vendor was preferable if the products were roughly comparable.

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