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Seems like Larry is done with CEO school, and ready to lead his company. It would have been hard to get this far without Eric Schmidt

by dusing 16y ago

jacquesm 16y ago
Who knows where they might have been, it could even have been better.
- bl4k 16y ago
  They probably would have never made a dollar, but it would have been awesome (btw, Larry and Sergey bought Android without telling Eric, to give you an idea of what could have been)
  - maxawaytoolong 16y ago
    That's pretty interesting. Do you have a cite? Android (the company) was essentially designed as something to sell to Google. I wonder if the guys at Android bypassed Schmidt because they knew he'd be a tougher sell.
    - bl4k 16y ago
      He said it during a press event in New York. There were ppl live blogging in the room but somehow nobody picked up that part of what he said, but I remember at least one person tweeting it. He said it in passing, while talking about the Google mobile strategy (the summary of what he said was "we sort of fell into this business, nobody really understands it just yet (mobile ads) or how big the opportunity will be") I agree Android was setting itself up for an acquisition, same as what happen with Danger. They were probably aiming for a carrier or large non-Apple manufacturer.
      - jemfinch 16y ago
        So there was press, lots of live-blogging witnesses, and what would be an incredibly interesting statement by Eric Schmidt, and you can't find any record of it? I'm sorry, but the most likely theory in this case seems to me to be that you're misremembering things, than somehow a whole room of other people were simultaneously rendered incapable of recording or publishing a very interesting quote from Eric.
    - mryall 16y ago
      Here's a Business Insider article from October 2009 that covers it: http://www.businessinsider.com/sometimes-larry-and-sergey-dont-tell-eric-schmidt-about-googles-acquisitions-2009-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/sometimes-larry-and-sergey-do... John Gruber linked back to it this morning.

Seems like Larry is done with CEO school, and ready to lead his company. It would have been hard to get this far without Eric Schmidt

by dusing 16y ago

Seems like Larry is done with CEO school, and ready to lead his company. It would have been hard to get this far without Eric Schmidt

jacquesm 16y ago

Who knows where they might have been, it could even have been better.

bl4k 16y ago
They probably would have never made a dollar, but it would have been awesome (btw, Larry and Sergey bought Android without telling Eric, to give you an idea of what could have been)
- maxawaytoolong 16y ago
  That's pretty interesting. Do you have a cite? Android (the company) was essentially designed as something to sell to Google. I wonder if the guys at Android bypassed Schmidt because they knew he'd be a tougher sell.
  - bl4k 16y ago
    He said it during a press event in New York. There were ppl live blogging in the room but somehow nobody picked up that part of what he said, but I remember at least one person tweeting it. He said it in passing, while talking about the Google mobile strategy (the summary of what he said was "we sort of fell into this business, nobody really understands it just yet (mobile ads) or how big the opportunity will be") I agree Android was setting itself up for an acquisition, same as what happen with Danger. They were probably aiming for a carrier or large non-Apple manufacturer.
    - jemfinch 16y ago
      So there was press, lots of live-blogging witnesses, and what would be an incredibly interesting statement by Eric Schmidt, and you can't find any record of it? I'm sorry, but the most likely theory in this case seems to me to be that you're misremembering things, than somehow a whole room of other people were simultaneously rendered incapable of recording or publishing a very interesting quote from Eric.
  - mryall 16y ago
    Here's a Business Insider article from October 2009 that covers it: http://www.businessinsider.com/sometimes-larry-and-sergey-dont-tell-eric-schmidt-about-googles-acquisitions-2009-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/sometimes-larry-and-sergey-do... John Gruber linked back to it this morning.