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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by notacoward on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:14PM (#7053878)
The only way Nest will have on in every home is by aggressively enforcing bogus patents against everyone who makes anything even remotely similar. We should cheer for that?
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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by ThomPete on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:28PM (#7053971)
I think you are missing the bigger picture here.

It's not about the thermostat its about the ecosystem its part of.

And I did write "every" :)

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