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Google CEO Schmidt Leaves Apple Board

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the slightly-less-billions dept.

Jerod Venema writes "Today, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's board of directors, citing conflicts of interest. Apple has released a statement that the company and Schmidt reached a decision to split ties as Google enters new markets that directly compete with Apple's iPhone and Mac operating systems. Schmidt had recused himself of portions of Apple's board meetings when conflicts of interest or anything Google-related arose. But Steve Jobs said Schmidt would have to leave much larger portions of the meetings after Google announced last month that it would enter the operating system sphere."

5 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Slooooow news day, huh? by Sockatume · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, the internal politics of two of the biggest companies in personal computing in the wake of the Google Voice debacle are of absolutely no interest to anyone. What we need is wiring diagrams, dammit.

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    No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
  2. Re:only mp3 players left by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    turtle necks => t-shirts

  3. Re:Google Voice Rejected by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, and don't call me Shirley.

  4. Re:only mp3 players left by lorenlal · · Score: 5, Funny

    hippies => free spirits?

  5. Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always said that fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. It's about time Apple realized that.

    -Anonymous CEO