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Also, that $1.2 billion isn't going to look like such a bad investment when Apotheker sells the Palm patents to Apple or Google or Microsoft or Samsung for 5x that price.

In this case getting out of the business of making stuff was probably the right thing to do. Blame the US patent system, not the HP execs. The decision would've been an easy one after the Motorola sale.



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