[burkaman]

Yeah, but Andy Rubin and Android were a separate company that Google bought. They sort of acquired someone else's moonshot.

[amelius]

Also, there was Symbian OS, and probably a bunch of others. So not even someone else's moonshot.

Imho, Android was more about exploring a new business strategy for Google.

[eli]

OK, but c'mon. If the definition of "moonshot" means you built something without benefit significant previous work in the field, then sending a spaceship to the moon doesn't qualify either.