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Re:Does Google need a new CEO? by bushbaba on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @11:23AM (#34791651)
Android, acquisition Productivity apps, acquisition Maps, acquisition YouTube, acquisition

Where’s google latest acquisition and what happened to their M&A arm?

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Re:Does Google need a new CEO? by kernal on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:08PM (#34795231)
Calling Android an "acquisition" is really overblown. What Google bought was a handful of employees and a 3000 line JavaScript demo. There was no "Android" OS when Google bought them.

source: Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System

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