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Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google?

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-this-job-and-shove-it dept.

Edsj writes "According to The New Yorker: 'Schmidt, according to associates, lost some energy and focus after losing the China decision. At the same time, Google was becoming defensive. All of their social-network efforts had faltered. Facebook had replaced them as the hot tech company, the place vital engineers wanted to work. Complaints about Google bureaucracy intensified. Governments around the world were lobbing grenades at Google over privacy, copyright, and size issues. The “don’t be evil” brand was getting tarnished, and the founders were restive. Schmidt started to think of departing. Nudged by a board-member friend and an outside adviser that he had to re-energize himself, he decided after Labor Day that he could reboot. He couldn't.'"

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  1. Re:Got to love a privately owned public company by Amorymeltzer · · Score: 3, Funny

    As far as I know the share structure of Google gives enough voting rights to the founders to retain absolute control even with a minority of the shares.

    Hey, no complaining. If it's good enough for Bruce Wayne and Wayne Enterprise it's good enough for Page/Brin and Google.

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  2. Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why lolcats added to headline proofreading department?

    1. Re:Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? by Kenshin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Because it's cheaper than outsourcing to India.

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  3. Re:Not the most flattering portrayal... by Joren · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because everybody is a corporation?(!)

    Corporation as a construct are intended to behave in psychopathic manors. Most people on the other hands are not psychopaths,

    Then that's a problem, because with the economy as it is I don't think we have the resources to design and build psychopathic manors large enough to house each corporation. Plus, the work required to ensure that each manor was sufficiently psychopathic... nevermind the environmental impact statements...

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  4. Re:Summaries Changing Drastically by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, so we can't change our posts but they can change the summaries!
    YRO!

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  5. Re:Not the most flattering portrayal... by marcello_dl · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Most people on the other hands are not psychopaths.

    I see what you just did to paranoids fearing a mutants` invasion, you 3+ handed monster!

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  6. Re:Not the most flattering portrayal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now he's in semi-retirement at Google.

    This beta nonsense is getting out of hand. Can't they complete anything?