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Apparently these are their early comments. Of course how much thought has gone into these yet is another question.

http://www.google.com/press/motorola/quotes/

This was really funny; couldn't they've at least tried to make it look like the quotes weren't all written by one person?

    q1v1: We welcome today’s news,                    which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment        to defending Android, its partners, and the        ecosystem.
    q1v2: We welcome the news of today‘s acquisition, which demonstrates that Google is deeply committed to defending Android, its partners, and the entire ecosystem.

    q2v1: I  welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.
    q2v2: We welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.

I think what you're seeing is not written by the same person, (Google couldn't be caught impersonating the owners of their partner companies) but probably a set of statements written by PR assistants all on the same "Please give us a statement on..." request using the same source terms out of the press release. All of them are toeing the corporate partner line for now.

Additionally how much can they really say, if they say something negative like, OH S@#$!! we're in trouble now, their stock will take a hit.

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