Android was also an acquistion by Google, run relatively separately, and it grew into something huge
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
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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