Nice comic, but, to be fair, the headline cost of Google's Motorola acquisition is misleading. Between Motorola's cash-on-hand and "tax assets" (losses Google can deduct, IIRC) Google should be able to shave several billion off of the headline price (I've seen varying estimates of exactly how much, but it is substantial).
The effective cost of the acquisition is still a lot of money, just not quite as much as most people think.
The effective cost of the acquisition is still a lot of money, just not quite as much as most people think.