| ▲ | chubot 20 hours ago | |
Android was also an acquistion by Google, run relatively separately, and it grew into something huge | ||
| ▲ | chubot 19 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Uh weird that I got downvotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#His... Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin and Chris White Google acquired the company in July of [2005] for at least $50 million It was ad-supported of course, but it's definitely not similar to IBM acquisitions | ||