I used to work at Motorola in India. It seemed like I had around 10 layers of management above me just to reach the India head. I think this is a good move by Google and will only serve to make the company more efficient.
Used to hear stories during after lunch walks.
@OC: But I do not agree that Google pays those dollars only and only for their patents. If that was the case then I do not think Google is a company that would let Moto bleed before fully closing it. It would rather shut it down in one go - keeping people it wants to retain. They are going to use that good 'ol factory. And as the soupboy said, they are just shaking the belly fat off.