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 Originally Posted by barkerja
This whole buying webOS to have their own OS to “do as they please” makes absolutely no sense. With the fork of Android that they have and use now, they can do whatever they want however they want in the direction that they want.
Don't forget that Amazon has their own Android market that is actually quite successful. The Kindle Fire doesn't (at least stock) have access to Google's Android Market, so Amazon is already limiting its users to their ecosystem.
If Amazon buys webOS, it'd be for protection alone, not for anything more or less. That's my assumption, anyways.
I tend to agree. I think if Amazon buys WebOS it's an IP bargaining chip move. In large corporations, if someone infringes the other guy, they work hard to stay out of court and usually offer up a cross-license to make the threat of an infringement suit vanish. Everyone walks away with something, and they stay out of (expensive) court.
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