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Now tell me that this has nothing to do with the recent events (the Google Voice removal from the App Store).

by cesare 17y ago

daleharvey 17y ago
since thats what the press release actually says, I doubt all that many people are going to argue.
- cesare 17y ago
  Not really. The press release says that it's about the potential conflict of interest. It would have been a concern as soon as Google announced Android, and probably even before.
  - daleharvey 17y ago
    Quitting the board of a company like apple isnt a decision taken lightly. As most people and the techcrunch headline pointed out, this has been a long time coming, the google voice situation may have been the tipping point, but this would have happened sooner or later regardless.
knightinblue 17y ago
It doesn't. There, I told you. In all probability, it's a case of the google voice debacle being the final straw rather than it being the deciding factor.
ubernostrum 17y ago
I think it does have to do with recent events, just not the events you're mentioning. Having on your board an executive from a company that competes with you in multiple ways is awkward, both for your company and for the executive.
- TetOn 17y ago
  Indeed, iPhone v. Android was trouble enough. Add in ChromeOS vs. Mac OS X, and Google Apps v. their Apple counterparts and you begin to wonder just which parts of the board meeting after coffee and bagels that he could actually take part in. I'd imagine that GV was, at best, a side-show to this decision.
  - dtf 17y ago
    Apparently the shit really hit the fan when Steve saw leaked sketches of the new Google Tablet.
tybris 17y ago
His position has been unmaintainable for a while, but it may have made him realise its time to leave.
jws 17y ago
Google Voice is irrelevant to this decision. Schmidt has been recusing himself from all things iPhone related since Anroid. Now he has to recuse himself from all things MacOS related. (I doubt the board discusses Safari and iWork, but they overlap as well) I imagine his presence also constrains the board during general topics. Many relevant asides are foreclosed. I guess he could stay for laptop and desktop hardware strategy and non-product business issues, but he is increasingly unable to apply the special insight that made him valuable as a board member.

Now tell me that this has nothing to do with the recent events (the Google Voice removal from the App Store).

by cesare 17y ago

Now tell me that this has nothing to do with the recent events (the Google Voice removal from the App Store).

daleharvey 17y ago

since thats what the press release actually says, I doubt all that many people are going to argue.

cesare 17y ago
Not really. The press release says that it's about the potential conflict of interest. It would have been a concern as soon as Google announced Android, and probably even before.
- daleharvey 17y ago
  Quitting the board of a company like apple isnt a decision taken lightly. As most people and the techcrunch headline pointed out, this has been a long time coming, the google voice situation may have been the tipping point, but this would have happened sooner or later regardless.

knightinblue 17y ago

It doesn't. There, I told you. In all probability, it's a case of the google voice debacle being the final straw rather than it being the deciding factor.

ubernostrum 17y ago

I think it does have to do with recent events, just not the events you're mentioning. Having on your board an executive from a company that competes with you in multiple ways is awkward, both for your company and for the executive.

TetOn 17y ago
Indeed, iPhone v. Android was trouble enough. Add in ChromeOS vs. Mac OS X, and Google Apps v. their Apple counterparts and you begin to wonder just which parts of the board meeting after coffee and bagels that he could actually take part in. I'd imagine that GV was, at best, a side-show to this decision.
- dtf 17y ago
  Apparently the shit really hit the fan when Steve saw leaked sketches of the new Google Tablet.

tybris 17y ago

His position has been unmaintainable for a while, but it may have made him realise its time to leave.

jws 17y ago

Google Voice is irrelevant to this decision. Schmidt has been recusing himself from all things iPhone related since Anroid. Now he has to recuse himself from all things MacOS related. (I doubt the board discusses Safari and iWork, but they overlap as well) I imagine his presence also constrains the board during general topics. Many relevant asides are foreclosed. I guess he could stay for laptop and desktop hardware strategy and non-product business issues, but he is increasingly unable to apply the special insight that made him valuable as a board member.