Some reason

The best reasons for Google to buy Twitter speculation:

- Keep it away from Microsoft and Yahoo
- Help it's mobile phone offering (as big as twitter is there are still lots of people not using it - Android could make it more interesting)...
- It's Hot, and Google is the poster child now for that on the internet.

The best reasons not to buy Twitter speculations:

- Not making enough revenue (though Google has the hardware infrastructure to bring down costs and scale it up...)
- Twitter is better as an Independent. Acting as a partner will continue to allow Twitter to grow.
- There is no reason to buy it, just make your own version of it... (Isnt this just an instant messenger flavor? - targeted at phones).
- With Wave on the horizon maybe just embrace it while moving towards a new jungle.

Thoughts:
It's a good problem to have with lots of money at stake. If Google keeps moving towards innovation it doesnt really matter in the long run if they own it or not. Is it good to own everything "cool" ? (Is that their business model?)

in reference to: Google's Twitter acquisition rumours point to future - Messaging - ComputerworldUK (view on Google Sidewiki)