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I haven't read the Steve bio yet, however my guess is that his issue lies with the fact that Schmidt was a board member and how that relationship panned out, ra

I haven't read the Steve bio yet, however my guess is that his issue lies with the fact that Schmidt was a board member and how that relationship panned out, rather than the specific technology that showed up in Android. If technology of mine showed up in one of my board member's companies, I'd be pretty upset about it as well - but primarily on the basis that the board member "stole" from me instead of upholding his fiduciary obligation to my organization. Its a tricky one, but I think that Steve might have been right in this case.

TomOfTTB 15y ago
It was more than that. Jobs issue was that Google flat out stole the entire interface. Not the look and feel but the entire thing down to resolution, icon placement, user interactions and app delivery. He did feel betrayed by Schmidt but he makes it clear he feels animosity towards the whole company (there's a depicted scene where he grudgingly agrees to advise Larry Page because he feels its his duty as an elder statesman)
bitsweet 15y ago
Schmidt is on record (http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11934 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11934) that he would step out of board meetings when there were conflicts of interest.
- wycats 15y ago
  It seems as though he didn't disclose those conflicts though.
- technoslut 15y ago
  If rumors are true then Eric Schmidt had an iPhone prototype in 2007. http://gizmodo.com/5479684/google-ceos-mistress-tell+all-blog-prototype-iphones-and-steve-stoned-jesuit-jobs http://gizmodo.com/5479684/google-ceos-mistress-tell+all-blo... I don't think that Schmidt stepped out of board meetings until early demos of the G1 were shown off bearing a resemblance to the iPhone.