Google CEO Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board

Author Gordon Kelly
Published 4th Aug 2009
Google CEO Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board
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This really isn't surprising at all...

Apple has announced that Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt is resigning from the Apple Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006.


"Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful," said Apple uber-guru Steve Jobs. "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."

In fact Steve actually missed out that Google recently dismissed app stores, currently one of Apple's biggest successes of recent years. So yes, all-in-all it isn't really surprising. Whether the move severs the close ties between the two companies in a real world sense: iPhone Google Maps, YouTube and Google Search integration remains to be seen. The two probably won't go on holding hands forever but I can't see anything disrupting this mutually beneficial arrangement in the near future...

Links:
Apple Press Release
Google Management Page

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comment ilovethemonkeyhead said on 4th August 2009

android on iphone please

comment BobaFett said on 4th August 2009

I thought this was more about the FTC investigation into Google and Apple?

@ilovethemonkeyhead, while Apple's hardware design is nice there are plenty of other,... more

comment Chris said on 4th August 2009

Multi-touch on Android please.

And don't say 'HTC Hero', that's an HTC special and it doesn't use multi-touch to its full potential.

comment Tony Walker said on 4th August 2009

@Andy H

I've seen a few postings where people have bought both Macbooks and iMacs for Windows usage.

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