Yes I was there when the acquisition happened. And we were a wholly-owned subsidiary so we were not considered Googlers - we were still Motorolans (and btw, I am hugely proud of being an ex-Motorolan. They had incredible innovation & amazing people in that company and they changed my way of thinking forever)
I had been there a decade and a lot of folks I worked with had been there too - so I didn't see a shift in culture. However as a research lab, we did have a little more emphasis on IP given that (and this is reflected in blogs everywhere) the Motorola patent portfolio was a key asset for that deal. That said, I think the bigger shift was the explosion in software innovation and platforms that happened, which made a lot more players competitive in the mobile hardware market.
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Yes I was there when the acquisition happened. And we were a wholly-owned subsidiary so we were not considered Googlers - we were still Motorolans (and btw, I am hugely proud of being an ex-Motorolan. They had incredible innovation & amazing people in that company and they changed my way of thinking forever)
I had been there a decade and a lot of folks I worked with had been there too - so I didn't see a shift in culture. However as a research lab, we did have a little more emphasis on IP given that (and this is reflected in blogs everywhere) the Motorola patent portfolio was a key asset for that deal. That said, I think the bigger shift was the explosion in software innovation and platforms that happened, which made a lot more players competitive in the mobile hardware market.