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0 pointsburkaman9y ago0 comments

Yeah, but Andy Rubin and Android were a separate company that Google bought. They sort of acquired someone else's moonshot.

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amelius9y ago· 1 in thread

Also, there was Symbian OS, and probably a bunch of others. So not even someone else's moonshot.

Imho, Android was more about exploring a new business strategy for Google.

eli9y ago

OK, but c'mon. If the definition of "moonshot" means you built something without benefit significant previous work in the field, then sending a spaceship to the moon doesn't qualify either.

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