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Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:27:51 Ben Gilbert Based on the direction this is going, is it danger?
- ▶ 2:27:56 David Rosenthal Danger!
- ▶ 2:28:27 David Rosenthal After General Magic, after it falls apart, he starts Danger.
- ▶ 2:28:30 David Rosenthal Now, Andy's initial idea for Danger was, uh,
- ▶ 2:28:59 David Rosenthal His first employee at Danger, a guy named Hiroshi Lockheimer, convinces him that, hey, actually, you know, a couple years have gone by, maybe we should revisit this general magic stuff.
- ▶ 2:29:11 Ben Gilbert Wait, Hiroshi was with him at Danger?
- ▶ 2:29:21 Ben Gilbert I did not realize the two of them were a danger together, too.
- ▶ 2:29:41 David Rosenthal And that led to Danger building the Sidekick and launching it in partnership with T-Mobile.
- ▶ 2:30:20 David Rosenthal Microsoft does end up acquiring the company, but not until 2008, which is the same year that Android launches.
- ▶ 2:30:26 David Rosenthal Andy actually had left danger to
Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 3:08:18 David Rosenthal Microsoft buys Danger, the company that made the T-Mobile sidekick.
- ▶ 3:08:41 David Rosenthal Co-founder of Danger was.
- ▶ 3:08:48 David Rosenthal Andy had already left Danger and started Android.