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Microsoft preparing to invest in Cyanogen and its goal of taking down Google

article published on 29 January, 2015

Cyanogen, the maker of the CyanogenMod operating system based on Android, may have a powerful new investor. Sources claim that Microsoft is prepared to invest in the startup, especially as the company is preparing a version of CyanogenMod that does not need to be tied to Google or its apps. Microsoft would be part of the $70 million expected to be raised in the coming weeks that values ... [ read the full article ]

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Mrguss
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_ 		29. January 2015 @ 15:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 ...Microsoft wants to be part of the team that takes some power away from Google's "Near Monopoly" in the smart-phone industry.
1.- Non of the 2 Corps. are near monopoly in the smart phone industry.
2.- Google had being more successful that M$ on the smart phone industry.
3.- M$ having more money that Google, but is Jealous that Google is smarter.
4.- M$ can't handle to be the 2nd. or the 3rd, or, etc. over there. If you ask me !?
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Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

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SProdigy
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_ 		30. January 2015 @ 11:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Mrguss:
Quote:
 ...Microsoft wants to be part of the team that takes some power away from Google's "Near Monopoly" in the smart-phone industry.
1.- Non of the 2 Corps. are near monopoly in the smart phone industry.
2.- Google had being more successful that M$ on the smart phone industry.
3.- M$ having more money that Google is Jealous that Google is smarter.
4.- M$ can't handle to be the 2nd. or the 3rd, or, etc. over there. If you ask me !?
Google already pays Microsoft for every patents tied to every Android device ever released. This is just another way to dig their claws in!
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Mrguss
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_ 		30. January 2015 @ 18:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
5.- Cyanogen can do better by his own; like it have being doing in the pass, that switching pimps.

Most huckers do a lot better with out a pimp & even some prostitutes became pimps 'cos the are too good at it.
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Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. January 2015 @ 19:16
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