Comments on: Google’s Eric Schmidt quits Apple’s Board

By: Google accuses Steve Jobs of ‘rewriting history’ | The Loop

Google accuses Steve Jobs of ‘rewriting history’ | The Loop — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:39:29 +0000

[...] of us entering after is not really reasonable,” said Page.Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple’s board last year as tensions between the companies began to rise. From there, things only got worse.Google [...]

By: John Hogey

John Hogey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:32:12 +0000

Jeff G. Randall from Paul Hastings should be Apple's IP lawyer. Although unknown by the common person, he has been described as an "IP Star" and has won major cases for Ebay, Genentech, and one Apple case a while back. He is by far one of the most influential lawyers, and Apple could use a great lawyer as such to lead them to victory in the upcoming case against the Droid. Just my opinion.

By: Levinson quits Google’s board, stays with Apple | The Loop

Levinson quits Google’s board, stays with Apple | The Loop — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:05:01 +0000

[...] Genentech Chairman Arthur D. Levinson on Monday announced his resignation from Google’s Board of Directors, choosing instead to remain on Apple’s board. A member of Google’s board since 2004, Levinson is the last tie between Apple and Google after Eric Schmidt resigned his Apple seat earlier this year. [...]

By: Should Tim Cook be Apple's new board member? | The Loop

Should Tim Cook be Apple's new board member? | The Loop — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:35:47 +0000

[...] the departure of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Apple has an open spot that it must fill. The question everyone is asking is who will Apple choose [...]

By: Louis G Wheeler

Louis G Wheeler — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:15:39 +0000

I find this amusing, since Apple and Google are not competitors.

Apple wants the top end of the consumer, graphics, creative and SMB markets. Therefore, it wants to steal market share from Microsoft, but It doesn’t care about the low end, big Business or government markets.

Google wants to supply the bottom half of the consumer market with replacements for Microsoft Windows and MS Office. So, it must steal that market share from MS and Linux. How, again, does that hurt Apple?

I suspect that Google and Apple will happily pushing Microsoft’s market share toward 60%.

Even so, it’s best not to let the cat out of the bag too early, so goodbye Eric. Apple will be in touch with you in other ways.