One of the most intriguing story that will emerge from today's news that Google is spending $12.5 billion to buy the smart phone maker Motorola Mobility is whether some smartphone makers decide that they'd rather not have to compete with the company supplying their operating system software. In other words, there would appear to be an opening here for Microsoft to gain some traction with its Windows Phone software with handset makers who fear that competing with Motorola in the Android phone market will no longer be a fair fight.
Google, of course, would argue otherwise. But Microsoft will no doubt see opportunity here, and look for ways to turn lemons into lemonade.
"Investing in a broad and truly open mobile ecosystem is important for the industry and consumers alike, and Windows Phone is now the only platform that does so with equal opportunity for all partners," Windows Phone Division President Andy Lees said in a statement this afternoon.
Stay tuned; this story is just getting revved up.
