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Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by _wmd on Saturday May 31, 2014 @05:22PM (#7827316)
Woah, talk about fickle..

    The future of manufacturing is going to be standard platforms with high
    customization around them. Common components and then customized wrappings,
    if you will. The reason is that consumers are pretty sophisticated and want
    their own thing but you can't build a phone for each and every person
    that's different. It's very difficult to achieve that…with a supply chain
    that's in Asia, even with modern jets. It has as much to do with time zones
    and culture and language. There's reasons why in a (creative)
    hyper-competitive industry you're going to end up with advanced
    manufacturing in the U.S. And this is a trend that we're beginning to see
    in many industries
— Eric Schmidt, 2013-08-02 http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2013/08/01...
Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by psbp on Saturday May 31, 2014 @10:27PM (#7827941)
You realize that Motorola has been sold to Lenovo, an asian company?
Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by _wmd on Saturday May 31, 2014 @10:45PM (#7827968)
Yes thank you, I was reminded by the 4th sentence of the article. If you continue reading all the way to the 5th sentence, you'll discover that deal has not yet been finalized.
Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by psbp on Saturday May 31, 2014 @11:32PM (#7828065)
I doubt Lenovo would appreciate a contract in a market they're not necessarily interested in pursuing.
Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by eloisant on Sunday June 01, 2014 @03:18AM (#7828439)
Lenovo definitely wants the brand recognition and distribution network of Motorola in US, but I don't see why they would want to keep the factory there.
Re:Google to close Motorola smartphone factory in Texas by fatjokes on Sunday June 01, 2014 @12:14PM (#7829654)
Yeah, then people didn't buy and proved him wrong.