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Eric Schmidt Out, Larry Page In As Google CEO
jfruhlinger writes "Google surprised just about everybody at its earnings call by announcing that Eric Schmidt, who had served as company CEO for more than a decade, would be stepping down and that cofounder Larry Page would take over. Schmidt will stay on as chairman and provide 'technology thought leadership,' whatever that is. When Schmidt, an old Sun hand, joined Google in 2001, it was seen as a move to turn the scrappy upstart into a mature company; now on his Twitter feed Schmidt proclaims that his 'adult supervision' is no longer needed."
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I briefly confused Larry Page with Larry Ellison. Whew. That would be terrible.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
With all the bad press from stupid shit that Schmidt has said in recent years, this isn't exactly an unforeseen turn of events. If Larry Page has been thumbing his nose at the world at large with his blatantly anti-privacy statements, he's been much more quiet about it, as I haven't heard anything to make me automatically suspicious of him.
startup : "dont be evil" :: mature corp : "x"
solve for x
Ballmer next?
So once again, we have a major differentiating point between Google and the Boy Scouts.
He says he doesn't need "adult supervision" anymore? Well the child is the worst to judge these things.
If Schmidt is such a good CEO, why change the setup? Page just thinks he'd be a better CEO because it is human nature to believe such things. I think this is an ego driven move and it could turn out very badly. At least they are keeping Schmidt on in a high level role.
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I don't see how this could be a smart move for Google. Page and Brin may have become too big for their boots, but I suspect something else. Perhaps Schmidt will follow Steve Jobs to lead Apple.
Hours after suspension of adult supervision, new CEO Larry Page gave Android Platform to Apple in exchange for remote controlled car and a two video games.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/google-mocked/
"If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
"I think that over time, on the internet, there will be less anonymity. And I actually think that's good"
Nope - he's just the only one dumb enough to publicly state them
I'm rich enough now and don't feel like working.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Google will become less creepy. Schmidt's thoughts on privacy is what's kept me away from Android and sent me running to Nokia.
I thought Larry Wall. What's with all these computer folks named Larry? It reminds me of Buckaroo Banzai , where all the aliens are named John: John Whorfin, John Yaya, John Smallberries, and John Bigbooté . . .
I smell a similar conspiracy with aliens in the computer industry all named Larry.
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For a moment there I read Eric Schmidt Out, Larry Wall In As Google CEO
I read about it on Yahoo! news
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Page: "Zing!"
He's good at what he's doing. He took Google from a project run by two Harvard students in one of their mothers's garage to a multi-national, multi-billion company.
That's pretty fucking good, considering how many engineers's paycheques Google is paying.
Let him move on to another company and let him work his magic again.
I'd like to get paid to sit around all day and just think about technology. I'd send Google my resume, but the technology I'd think about is over thirty years old.
I'm sure Schmidt was comfortably rich after being the CTO of Sun and the CEO of Novell.
Guys like him don't do it for the (extra) money, but because they want to be/do something important.
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Who is the one that FUCKED UP Youtube's Homepage? Eric or Larry?
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/google-mocked/
"If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
What's more interesting is the next piece:
Schmidt is telling us that Google is being served PATRIOT Act notices without breaking the law and telling us that they're being served. It's a pity everyone is hung up on the nothing-to-hide idiocy. Of course, it's little wonder we're missing the important pieces when served up ham-fisted attacks by the likes of Consumer Watchdog.
Hmmmm....Maybe Schmidt sees the handwriting on the wall, like he did with the last employer he left....
He said that *his* adult supervision was not required, referring to the common view that he was the "adult supervision" for the 2 kids. Not the other way round
The reason everyone is hung up on that "idiocy" is that Schmidt is a hypocrit.
It's all right for him to tell others that they should kiss their privacy goodbye, but when his own privacy is breached in the same way, he doesn't think twice about retaliating with all of google's resources.
Moreover, it's a bit rich for the CEO of a search company to claim that privacy can't be respected by search engines, when he's making the rules as CEO. Corruption starts from the top, and he's responsible for a lot of bad choices Google has made towards privacy in the past and present, and that "idiocy" tidbit sums up his actions pretty well.
In the immortal words of Fake Steve Jobs:
http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/01/im-trying-to-remember-how-many-times-eric-swore-to-me-that-google-would-never-make-a-phone.html
This is Google jettisoning a little bit of their evil.
Ten years is a long time for a Fortune 500 CEO. The average is about 6.5 years.
he brought in a very unethical and overtly authoritarian leadership to what could have been a very 'don't do evil' company with great potential and shaped it to be the latest extension of the NSA for the US governmint/CIA. Its sad, but its true.
You dumbass. Schmidt was very blatantly stating that the US government subpoenas their data and there is nothing they can do about it. That's as honest as Google could possibly be without shutting down entirely. But stupid fucks like you go and misquote and bitch and moan at them for their honesty, as if companies like Microsoft who won't even admit to what is causing their phone to surreptitiously download gigs of data are better companies to have around?
A perfect candidate for the CEO of facebook.
If enithin kan gow rong it whil. (Murfey)
retaliating with all of google's resources
"we will pound you into the ground until you are mush, and then we will give not a single interview to that mush!"
Could that be enough to pull Grand Rapid into a position of leadership to rescue Michigan from Yahoo News in the "Worst State" articles?
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DDG doesn't change anything about how search engines work. Certainly some geeks will use it, but it offers nothing that hasn't been done before.
I really want to know.
I see all kinds of posts screaming, and crying, about having their privacy invaded by google. I am bewildered. What has actually happened to these people? Are they just parroting the Microsoft propanganda, or has google really hurt these people?
If you are complaining about google invading your privacy, then please tell us, anonymously if you like, exactly how google hurt you personally. Don't just echo the anti-google slogans, tell us exactly how google hurt you.
Oh yes, a site which does nothing but scrape Bing results and has a founder which used to do black hat SEO. I'm sure they're very worried.
Uh, no, he didn't say Google was being "served PATRIOT Act notices." He simply said that, if information was requested under the Patriot Act, Google would be subject to the law.
Absolutely nowhere did Schmidt say Google was actively issuing subpoenas for data. He just said that, if information was ever requested under the Patriot Act, Google would be required to follow the law.
Should be "Google was actively being issued."
"The iPod doesn't change anything about how MP3 players work. Certainly some geeks will use it, but it offers nothing that hasn't been done before."
Huffington Post is Ariana Huffington's lame left-wing version of Drudge Report. I see today that they repeated the inaccurate Betelguese story and misattributed information in the story. Wonderful.
One of the fun things about the Patriot Act. The National Security Letter tends to come with a gag order. Those gag orders can last for years.
Granted - I might be reading too much in to the statement. But if Google were being served NSLs, I wouldn't be surprised if they're restricted from stating that they are. The numbers are around 50k NSLs a year. I would expect that Google has seen more than a hand-full.
In a discussion about privacy, I would think this sort of thing would be salient to the point.