Wow, people just do not get it. This is not a move against GOOG at
all. The reason GOOG wanted Android was because slow innovation in
mobile OS and slow/limited wireless broadband availability was keeping
users from using their phones as an internet gateway.  GOOG wants more
people online. Anything that helps people use their phones to do a
search will help them.

Thanks for the help Verizon!

Actually, you've only provided 1/2 of Google's reasoning.  The other
part is that they wanted handsets to be "open", so that users can run
any apps they want on them, not just the ones that carriers want them
to run.  Case in point - Verizon locks down their phones in such a
manner that apparently one has to pay to download ringtones instead of
being able to transfer MP3s directly via bluetooth (disclaimer: I'm
still back in the early 2000's cell phone application-wise, so I may
have no idea what I am talking about).

Verizon is still trying to do an end-run around open-standards, and
Limo's giving Verizon seats on its board is viewed by many as caving
to Verizon's quest to remain locked down.  See some of the initial
posts to http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/16/047232&from=rss
for examples.

So in essence, this is kinda a move against Google's efforts by
Verizon..

Yes and the Verizon-Limo tyup as "open" meaning open for verizon not
it's users. Good for verizon, same-o-same-o for the user. pay pay
pay...

GL...