The tone that Eustace, a Senior Vice President at Google, uses with Jobs is beyond deferential. "Based on your strong preference that we not hire the ex-Apple

The tone that Eustace, a Senior Vice President at Google, uses with Jobs is beyond deferential. "Based on your strong preference that we not hire the ex-Apple engineers, Jean-Marie and I decided not to open a Google Paris engineering center. I appreciate your input into this decision, and your continued support of the Google/Apple partnership." I'd be surprised to see one of my peers use this kind of tone with the President of the United States.