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June 20, 2012

Google Should Learn from Microsoft

Trevor Gilbert, Pando Daily


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When it initially launched, Android was meant to be the next great coming of open source innovation. Google’s handpicked manufacturers would contribute to the community, everyone could pull the source code at will, and Google would be the grand maestro of it all. Along the way, it was going to beat Apple, replace Windows, and make everyone a lot of money. The only problem was, the plan didn’t really work.

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TAGGED: Tablets, Google, Microsoft

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