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Larry bought Android without telling Eric even though Eric was the CEO of Google at the time. He is a bean counter and the only form of accountability he knows
by jimsimmons 2y ago
Larry bought Android without telling Eric even though Eric was the CEO of Google at the time. He is a bean counter and the only form of accountability he knows is billable hours.
- tim_sw 2y agoFalse. Eric Schmidt is one of the sharper operators in tech and his effect can be seen when Google started declining after 2011 when he stepped down.
- Gud 2y agoEric Schmidt killed what Google could become by making it the monster it is today. Essentially, he made it into Microsoft when it was on a trajectory to become a glorious Sun.
- kaashif 2y ago...but Sun went bankrupt and was acquired by Oracle. Not the best comparison.
- Gud 2y agoEverything dies. For decades, SUN Microsystems was a great place to work. From SUN came some amazing technology that still lives on(ZFS anyone?). I prefer organisations like that over organisations that’s only purpose seems to be to extract wealth from the economy, to line the pockets of the few well connected.
- walterbell 2y ago> From SUN came some amazing technology that still lives on Indeed, including code still in modern Linux distros.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoThat's better than what Google became
- kaashif 2y agoI too want Google to go bankrupt and be acquired by Oracle.
- tgma 2y agoWrong. Eric Schmidt might be more of a suit than Larry, but calling him a bean counter is a stretch. He is a Computer Scientist. He has written Lex[1] ffs. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_(software) P.S. re the Android story, which seems obviously exaggerated, gotta take into account that Eric has a strong incentive to deliberately distance himself from the story given his role on Apple Board of Directors at the time.
- aswerty 2y agoVery interesting, I didn't know anything more than he was more of a suit. Good to be aware he has technical pedigree.
- tgma 2y agoHe had a class at Stanford a few years back where you can see some of his insightfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRxFRgNpns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRxFRgNpns
- grepfru_it 2y agoHis technical prowess was peeking its head a few times during this interview. The fact is, he is still very much a business, man.
- ein0p 2y agoSchmidt is definitely not a bean counter. Under him working at Google was actually enjoyable. Sundar, on the other hand…