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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board of Directors
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Multi-Touch Android and Google Voice triumph with the FCC. Thank you Schmidt for stepping down. Let us continue the open-source revolution without insider dealing.
I don't think that is true at all that Google doesn't make money off cloud computing. Gmail has Adsense in it and you are a click away from Google Search. In the Chrome browser the search bar and address bar are merged so it is easier to use the search engine. Google is centering everything around their search engine. Also factor in the G-Drive that is coming soon that I bet will have a lot to do with Chrome OS.
Market share is more important for the end user than profit margin. Because Microsoft has market share a greater amount of apps will be available to the end user. Many apps will be garbage but it always guarantees compatibility. While it is nice that Apple is successful, it has no bearing on my life.
I believe that this could potentially hurt Apple. Apple has yet to make any kind of significant move into cloud computing. While I am a MobileMe user many don't use it. It costs what you can get on the web for free although it is fractured. It is also locked down and doesn't intergrate with any other services on the web. Does anyone actually use iWork.com? Even that will eventually cost money.
The truth is that the future is ad supported services because living in the Apple ecosystem and using all their services ad free is too expensive.
I'm sorry but those are ridiculous comments. What Apple is doing is protecting AT&T against the end user. This has nothing to do with shareholders and their product. Apple is primarily a hardware maker. Apple's profitability comes from the end user buying their product and not AT&T. We are where they make their money. People buy their product because it is a great product. Apple should embrace the openness of the web instead of creating a walled garden. They would not suffer any due to it. In fact they may be more successful because of it.
As for Google I don't trust them either but I have to say that so far it seems that they haven't done anything to screw over their users while Apple has directly and often with the iPhone.
It doesn't sound voluntary, more like "highly recommended." They probably found a JB & UL 3GS 32GB iPhone with GV (JB version of course) when he went through the security checkpoint at SV-Apple HQ.....lol 
Yeah, definitely a cool FailCat.....
Yeah, definitely a cool FailCat.....
I skimmed all 5 pages here quickly but didn't see anyone suggest a suitable replacement.
Jerry Wang? Nah! Don't want to see him doing his own version of the monkey dance to "search, search, search." Billy Boy (AKA "Turtle Boy") Gates? Nah! He apparently only reads about the tech industry once a year at a cabin by a lake in Howard Hughesian fashion. Woz? I think they have a "No Segways in the Board Room" policy at Apple.
I know!!! Rob Enderle! Just do the exact opposite of whatever he suggests and Apple will be golden! (yeah, pun intended)
Jerry Wang? Nah! Don't want to see him doing his own version of the monkey dance to "search, search, search." Billy Boy (AKA "Turtle Boy") Gates? Nah! He apparently only reads about the tech industry once a year at a cabin by a lake in Howard Hughesian fashion. Woz? I think they have a "No Segways in the Board Room" policy at Apple.
I know!!! Rob Enderle! Just do the exact opposite of whatever he suggests and Apple will be golden! (yeah, pun intended)
No ? type in your address in Google maps and have a look at someone ( maybe you ) walking by your front door.
Is Diesel Spindler available ? Those were the glory days.
I think Woz should be on the board. He cares about computers.
Apple has signed agreements/contracts with their carrier partners. Not just AT&T. People are just assuming that this is some big AT&T conspiracy when it comes to Google Voice. It is not. Apple is taking a step back and looking at the big picture. If AT&T said this was fine, is it possible that Orange in France or Softbank in Japan or one of the many other carriers may have objections and feel that this is a betrayal from their "partner".
Apple's profitability does not only come from selling hardware and software, but also from revenue sharing. And there is a lot of money coming into to Apple from their Partners.
Now I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but the entire idea that the Web is open is as ridiculous as transparency in government. It's a great talking point, but not realistic.
The web has never been open and never will be open. It has been regulated since the US governement created it and always will be. So just the fact that the web is regulated means that it's not truly open.
Apple's profitability does not only come from selling hardware and software, but also from revenue sharing. And there is a lot of money coming into to Apple from their Partners.
Now I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but the entire idea that the Web is open is as ridiculous as transparency in government. It's a great talking point, but not realistic.
The web has never been open and never will be open. It has been regulated since the US governement created it and always will be. So just the fact that the web is regulated means that it's not truly open.
Is Diesel Spindler available ? Those were the glory days.
I think Woz should be on the board. He cares about computers.
Woz would spend too much time tinkering with his Erector Set during meetings.
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What do you think will be the impact of his departure on the iPhone OS in particular? If hes on the bench then no impact
. If he goes somewhere that will let him innovate and cooperate then the trouble level will depend on how much freedom someone can offer him.
As Google Maps innovates, will iPhone not pick up features as quickly? They not only don't pick up features but they ban features. Apples needs to learn to let the people decide instead of deciding for them. Once there is a phone that can hardware based (ease of use being key and more features) rival the iphone, provide developers with a "come on in" feel and show more respect then apple and there dictator ways, and market like hell then theres a chance that they will break apples hypnotic ways.
Will Apple keep using Google Maps indefinitely? They will change it when everyone yells loud enough which by now should be loud enough. Until then apple will just state that the demand from people isn't high enough and he knows for a fact that people are happy with it as it stands.
Will Google stay the default search provider on Mobile Safari? I sure as hell hope so or I'm definitely ebaying this thing.
What do you think will be the impact of his departure on the iPhone OS in particular? If hes on the bench then no impact
. If he goes somewhere that will let him innovate and cooperate then the trouble level will depend on how much freedom someone can offer him. As Google Maps innovates, will iPhone not pick up features as quickly? They not only don't pick up features but they ban features. Apples needs to learn to let the people decide instead of deciding for them. Once there is a phone that can hardware based (ease of use being key and more features) rival the iphone, provide developers with a "come on in" feel and show more respect then apple and there dictator ways, and market like hell then theres a chance that they will break apples hypnotic ways.
Will Apple keep using Google Maps indefinitely? They will change it when everyone yells loud enough which by now should be loud enough. Until then apple will just state that the demand from people isn't high enough and he knows for a fact that people are happy with it as it stands.
Will Google stay the default search provider on Mobile Safari? I sure as hell hope so or I'm definitely ebaying this thing.
The iMacs made them profitable again but the iPod made them rich (ok, OS X also played a big role, as did a lot of other things).
There was a beta program called iWork.com launched in January but since completely forgotten if not quietly canned.
Overdue. He should have resigned when google began development of their phone.
And Levinson has a conflict of interest now being on both boards as well. Needs to go.
And Levinson has a conflict of interest now being on both boards as well. Needs to go.
Great news
It was long overdue for him to resign.
Who will replace him? It will be interesting to see who steps up into Schmidt's former board position.
It was long overdue for him to resign.
Who will replace him? It will be interesting to see who steps up into Schmidt's former board position.
This has been a long time coming...with ALL of the major OSs now going to some form of standards compliant UNIX system it was only a matter of time before the one "non team player" who have constantly been bucking standards compliance by "creating their own standard" and refusing to innovate their OS apart from certain aspects of the UI (i.e. the Windows registry still being around) would finally come crashing down. I'm so happy I could just cry!
Wouldn't it be delicious irony if the next version of Windows to emerge were to be based on a *nix variant? A complete re-write, from a kernel up. They do have the basic tech to do it, MS owns at least one unix-like already.
In any event, this won't be a sudden thing. IBM went from Big Blue to "blue who?" over the course of decades. It'll take at least that long for the world to acknowledge MS ain't the biggest dog in the yard anymore.
Still, it'll be a fun show.