CNBC: Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple's board
CNBC has reported this morning that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, right, has resigned from Apple's board of directors after three years. This comes a week after Apple pulled GV Mobile and Voice Central from the App Store and rejected Google's own Google Voice app, along with the uproar and FCC letters that followed.In a press release, Steve Jobs said the following: "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."
Do you think Schmidt stepping down had anything to do with the events of last week? Or, like our own Sang Tang suggested three weeks ago, was this a predictable consequence of Google's move into the OS space with Chrome and continuing competition between iPhone and Android? Let us know in the comments!
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CNBC has reported this morning that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, right, has resigned from Apple's board of directors after three years. This...
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I don't get the point of Google's expansion into software. Chrome OS means new drivers for pretty much every device, a total lack of software for a while until developer support picks up - if it picks up, and it probably won't take off unless hardware manufacturers install it on new systems. It's a risky and rather pointless move. I wouldn't be surprised to see it fail.
August 04 2009 at 11:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhoops, apologies for the double post.
August 04 2009 at 11:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't get the point of Google's expansion into software. Chrome OS means new drivers for pretty much every device, not to mention a total lack of software for a while until developer support picks up - if it picks up. It's a risky and rather pointless move. I wouldn't be surprised to see it fail.
August 04 2009 at 11:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI knew it had to be just a matter of time. I covered it in a couple of articles here:
http://www.chrome-os-blog.com/index.php?s=eric+schmidt&Search=Submit+Query
Man this sucks, well I guess it was quite obvious
August 03 2009 at 6:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHe should have been gone as soon as Apple knew about Android!
August 03 2009 at 2:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDefinitely, since he's been having to recuse himself every time the board discusses the iPhone. With the popularity of that device, wouldn't that be pretty much *every session*? He's simply not able to lead Apple effectively in that role any more, and it's good for both companies that he's freed himself of that mantle.
August 04 2009 at 12:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyInevitabel - surprised it took so long
August 03 2009 at 1:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy'd this story just disappear from ebgadgets front page? Poof it went
August 03 2009 at 12:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIts...
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Thanks for that. Now I have that God-awful song stuck in my head!
August 03 2009 at 12:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was just reading about Google in Wired magazine. What with the FCC keeping their eye on Google, this makes sense.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-08/mf_googlopoly
Something like this doesn't happen overnight - it's been in the works longer than the past week, you can bet on that. Therefore, I'll hazard a guess and say it's mostly due to the Chrome OSâ€
†WHY the world needs another operating system, and WHY web developers have to be tortured with another ugly, utterly needless browser is beyond me. Google enters markets now based solely on dominating it - much the same way Microsoft has done in times past.
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