Google and Motorola may face a greater rift than the two companies' executives will let on, contacts inside Motorola said late Tuesday night. The Droid designer is still trying to overcome a legacy of management-heavy structure that emphasized formula and long development times. A one-time Motorola manager added to the WSJ that his company's engineers have been demoralized by years of excess management and won't be used to Google workers, who are used to being independent and authoritative.
