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by arethuza 5686 days ago
If we say Porsche is Apple then Android is probably VW - both producing excellent products that looks pretty similar from a distance but with relatively little overlap in the markets for their core products.

[NB I mean VW branded cars - not the entire range of VW brands, which is huge]

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It is funny you should use Porsche and VW as analogs, because Porsche is the majority shareholder in VW.
That was true until this summer, when their leveraged position collapsed and Porsche was bought by VW, actually.
I stand corrected. Interesting recent article about the dynamic (past and future) between the two: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/business/29porsche.html?pa...
I'd actually forgotten about that - but I still think the point about markets, and indeed brands, applies. From the perspective of a consumer the fact the the Porsche holding company owns a sizable chunk of VW probably doesn't register.
In such an analogy, Android would be an engine.