While Gruber posts this to point out how little control Eric Schmidt has, I'm not that surprised. For a company the size of Google, a few millions is pocket cha

While Gruber posts this to point out how little control Eric Schmidt has, I'm not that surprised. For a company the size of Google, a few millions is pocket change (they make that in profit every hour (!)). I'm not surprised the founders (who still control the company) can spend that without too much hassle.