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I'm sure "scared of them" played some part, but "angry at them" played a larger one. This wasn't too long after Google blind-sided Apple by entering the phone m

I'm sure "scared of them" played some part, but "angry at them" played a larger one. This wasn't too long after Google blind-sided Apple by entering the phone market, which SJ somehow thought was a betrayal. To be fair, they did so while Schmidt was actually still sitting on the board at Apple, which might be what really ticked Steve off.

toyg 10y ago
And they did so with an OS based on a technology, er, "borrowed" from SUN and now owned by his great friend Larry Ellison. Lots of straws on that camel...
- Pigo 10y ago
  It's not like Google helped Oracle continue to fail at having their own mobile platform. Jonathan Schwartz, SUN CEO at the time, witnessed in support of Google, as he encouraged them to use it. The whole point was to open more technologies to foster creative ideas, while Apple continues to cherry pick from for their "locked users".
- matheweis 10y ago
  And don't forget that Google's Eric Schmidt was on the Apple board at the time... he would literally be asked to leave the room when they discussed the iPhone.