Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple’s Board
A popular topic of discussion lately in every corner of the Web has been Eric Schmidt’s position on Apple’s Board of Directors and the many possible conflicts it now presents. While opinions have varied, most take the stance that Google’s business has begun to overlap with Apple’s in too many key areas and as such, Schmidt’s role with the company is no longer appropriate. Well, the debate is over. Apparently, Google’s CEO and the Cupertino crew finally came to their senses. Steve “Thanks for Picking Our Brains and then Trying to Eat Our Lunch” Jobs had this to say:
Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful. Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board.
So long Dr. S, you will be missed — unless Chrome OS somehow manages to beat the odds and outreach OS X’s market share at some point down the road. Then we imagine pretty much no one at Apple will miss you.
Steve just scared of the competition. Google is coming up from many different ways and Apple is feeling the pressure.
How do you know that Eric didn’t quit? I mean, Apple just gave GV the shaft and spurred an FCC investigation. Seems like good cause for the Google CEO to ditch Apple, no? You reported this like it’s fact that Apple fired him, and that’s very dangerous “journalism,” Zach.
Well I just had a feeling that something like this will happen. I’m not surprised @ all!!!!!!!
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Maybe Palm will pick him up, they already have lots of apple in the mix anyway
er, he works for google. Why would he want to sit on Palm’s board?
@ Jj shut the fuck up, please, thats not dangerous journalism. Did you read his source according to his source the article is true. What are journalists supposed to say unless my credible source is lying at the end of every article? We all know he may be lying and that there two sides, if he is found to be lying than an article detailing that or an update will be written. Good job as always Zach and whatever the hell you do for a living Jj stick to that cuz it isnt any form of reporting for damn sure.
@ Jj and Celz:
All of you shut the fuck up. If you think ANY of these sites is considered ‘news’ or ‘journalism’, then Walter Cronkite just shit himself in his grave. These piss-ant dime-a-dozen bloggers wouldn’t know what journalism meant even if you defined it using crayons and stick figures. Please. I read these sites simply for entertainment, to hear what the latest RUMORS are. But news? Journalism? Don’t make me laugh.
Blogging = people who can’t make a living writing anything outside of your order at Bennigans.
He’s the chairman and CEO of Google. Why would he go to Palm?
This is a dangerous world when people consider blogs real journalism. I love this site, but it’s not exactly the equivalent of the NY Times. Come on now…
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Whatever happened to just reporting with some cold hard facts? eh? I get tired hearing “a source” or “an insider who shall remain anonymous” crap.
I think JJ has a point about the quitting aspect.
As for bloggers, it is true that bloggers are not journalists per se in terms of fair, balanced and non-biased journalists, but they still are journalists of sorts. Kinda like tabloid journalists, not all the facts are facts nor correct..but that’s why its entertainment.
It’s official, Apple/AT&T are the new cripplers in the cell (i)Phone industry!
steve robbs the monopolist can only stand so much competition hes running out of ways to reinvent the wheel an call it revolutionary
Haha, half of you can’t even spell. Blogging is done by fat obese panzees who couldn’t cut it in college and get a real job other than pruning /b/’s and hasseling people while posting up on twitter like a bunch of low life faghags.
Get a grip, losers.
^ says the guy who took the time to read all the comments and post one himself… ON A BLOG.
@ all of the idiots I never said this was a news site. and if this site is so weak and the writers are pansies or whatever… WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE?