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Microsoft

Patent power (part 2) – Google buys Motorola Mobility

15 August 2011 by Rob Bratby

Today’s big news is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. What is fascinating is the logic for the deal. This is not a deal driven by …

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Microsoft buys Skype: comparison with eBay deal logic

11 May 2011 by Rob Bratby

The big story yesterday was the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. It was only 6 years ago that eBay bought Skype for …

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Microsoft to rescue Nokia?

11 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

“There is a pertinent story about a man who was working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He woke up one night from …

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