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"as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well." Doesn't Google compete with Apple? Why would S
by prayag 15y ago
"as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well."
Doesn't Google compete with Apple? Why would Steve do that when Google is the number 1 competitor of Apple?
- Zakuzaa 15y agoMaking world a better place. It's not about money all the time. And he certainly didn't share any trade secrets, just some general useful advices probably.
- spdy 15y agoThere are Google Services on the Iphone/Ipad and Eric Schmidt was on the Board of Directors at Apple. Also Larry and Sergey are on his stage they changed how we see the world today as he did. I am pretty sure they both had valuable talks.
- _shane 15y agoPrior to the release of the first Android phone, Jobs acted almost as a mentor to Larry/Sergey. In fact, the two companies were so closely aligned that there was an antitrust investigation: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/apple-google-relationship-being-investigated-for-antitrust-vio/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/apple-google-relationship...
- Steko 15y agoSteve at his best as someone said. When I read this the first thing it reminded me was when Steve brought Bill Gates up on screen at MacWorld 97 and after all the booing said something along the lines of "we need to let go of the idea that for Apple to be successful Microsoft has to fail".