Google-Android — the strategy behind it | Stratrix

Company profile

Industry: Mobile operating systems
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States
Ownership: Android Inc. was acquired by Google in 2005

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The Fork · Decision Forks

Google's Best Acquisition Cost About $50M. The Genius Was Giving It Away.

Everyone tells the Android story as a steal: a $50M buy that became a mobile empire. But that price was never in any Google filing - it's an estimate. The real fork came after the deal, when Google chose to make Android free.