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Google CEO Joins Apple Board of Directors
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ender78 said:
Would you rather Steve Jobs make the same mistake again? Remember when he was so afraid of IBM that he gave away the store, so to speak, to Microsoft?
Right now, Google is "it." The company understands where computing is going, and it seems to be the only company that can truly stand up against the Microsoft "onslaught."
Apple gets it too, of course, but ... a partner, at long last, can't hurt.
iMikeT said:I wonder how Steve Ballmer is taking this news.
In other news, a bald, fat man(who was jumping like a monkey) was seen tearing his clothes and running around in the streets.
oober_freak said:
DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!
I'm surprised the Balmer hasn't had a heart attack yet with all the shouting and jumping around he does. Still, he could definitely bring some sorely needed rah-rah style pep to the Apple board.
In case you were serious: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/bod/default.mspxsupremedesigner said:Hmmm.. I wondered how many BOD does MS have? 1?
They're not lightweights either, but you will note the tendency to "old business" as compared w/Apple's Board. e.g. Merck vs. Genentech.
That was my first reaction too, and it's one that I could actually live with.BenRoethig said:
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Google wants to work on a browser and Safari could be much better .
They are also being less than secretive about
wanting to offer an alternative to Microsoft Office.
Maybe they are figuring on advertiser supported Web applications
that anyone can use?
Michael Dell must have his tail between his legs seeing this go down.
They are also being less than secretive about
wanting to offer an alternative to Microsoft Office.
Maybe they are figuring on advertiser supported Web applications
that anyone can use?
Michael Dell must have his tail between his legs seeing this go down.
No, this isn't a partnership (yet), but I can imagine a number of ways in which a Google/Apple partnership would be absolutely great for us as users.
I was just thinking last night, Wouldn't it be great if Mail.app held on to the tags (aka labels) that Gmail uses when downloading POP mail? And wouldn't it be great if those labels "stuck" in Gmail when you sent using Mail.app? [I think there's an add-on called GTDtags that does something like this.]
And wouldn't it be useful if multiple users could edit a single calendar in both Google Calendar and iCal? [You will probably be able to do this in Leopard with CalDAV.]
Apple/OS X on your desktop paired with Google online. Whoa. Think Blogger/iWeb integration, Google mapping technology in OS X -- not to mention free iLife-created website and photo hosting with Google Pages and Picasa Albums...
In fact, I see Google as having done .Mac right. As TUAW pointed out the other day, what Google offers is, with a few caveats, an awful lot better than what .Mac offers. And it's free. Maybe, as some people have suggested, that's where this addition of a new director is ultimately headed.
I was just thinking last night, Wouldn't it be great if Mail.app held on to the tags (aka labels) that Gmail uses when downloading POP mail? And wouldn't it be great if those labels "stuck" in Gmail when you sent using Mail.app? [I think there's an add-on called GTDtags that does something like this.]
And wouldn't it be useful if multiple users could edit a single calendar in both Google Calendar and iCal? [You will probably be able to do this in Leopard with CalDAV.]
Apple/OS X on your desktop paired with Google online. Whoa. Think Blogger/iWeb integration, Google mapping technology in OS X -- not to mention free iLife-created website and photo hosting with Google Pages and Picasa Albums...
In fact, I see Google as having done .Mac right. As TUAW pointed out the other day, what Google offers is, with a few caveats, an awful lot better than what .Mac offers. And it's free. Maybe, as some people have suggested, that's where this addition of a new director is ultimately headed.
dizastor said:
It needs to be very cheap if it's ever going to attract switchers, or if average Mac users are ever going to buy it. I mean really cheap, like £5 p/month max.
Does it bother anyone to know that Google saves your emails (if you use Gmail) and collects all google searches from each IP, flags them if "certain" words appear, then hands over to the proper authorities?
I'm not an a crook or pervert, but that's unimportant. It's about web ownership rights. I am concerned about Google's easy submission to the G-men and their demands for persoanl info, and it's intergration with my OS.
I recently bought a used G5 computer locally (with cash), the seller or I made no contact with Apple. Yet somehow they knew about the transaction (even the day on which the transaction occurred) and called to remind me that my 90 days were about to end and that I should buy Applecare.
Does anyone know how they know this? I never registered. I didn't want any info or emails. I did a re-install of Tiger, but I thought that I didn't register... though, I seem to remember it being unavoidable...hmmm..
Anyway, for me - I'm a little bothered by Google's practices (Though I really enjoy their recently aquired 3d software SketchUp) when it comes to info sharing.
I'm not an a crook or pervert, but that's unimportant. It's about web ownership rights. I am concerned about Google's easy submission to the G-men and their demands for persoanl info, and it's intergration with my OS.
I recently bought a used G5 computer locally (with cash), the seller or I made no contact with Apple. Yet somehow they knew about the transaction (even the day on which the transaction occurred) and called to remind me that my 90 days were about to end and that I should buy Applecare.
Does anyone know how they know this? I never registered. I didn't want any info or emails. I did a re-install of Tiger, but I thought that I didn't register... though, I seem to remember it being unavoidable...hmmm..
Anyway, for me - I'm a little bothered by Google's practices (Though I really enjoy their recently aquired 3d software SketchUp) when it comes to info sharing.
I don't think "stay off the Internet" is good advice. It's fair to ask how you can avoid giving out information without knowing it, and what happened to junker in this case. You should start a separate thread to ask about it, since it's off-topic here.
oh isn't this funny after the post i made highlighting that jobs mentioned 'Google and Apple' in his WWDC06 speech.....
IMHO there is something on the horizon for Apple and Google
IMHO there is something on the horizon for Apple and Google
This means nothing...
The fact that Google's CEO is now on Apple's board means absolutely nothing. Directors don 't have any direct involvement in the running of a company, or its future direction. Boards exist as a sort of oversight committee to make sure the interests of the shareholders are represented and that the company is complying with all applicable laws.
Just remember that Intuit's chairman and former CEO is also on Apple's board and Intuit could care less about the Mac market. While Campbell was on the board Intuit actually announced it was ceasing development of Quicken for Mac.
Wishful thinking is perfectly ok. Just remember that reality is often not what you expect.
The fact that Google's CEO is now on Apple's board means absolutely nothing. Directors don 't have any direct involvement in the running of a company, or its future direction. Boards exist as a sort of oversight committee to make sure the interests of the shareholders are represented and that the company is complying with all applicable laws.
Just remember that Intuit's chairman and former CEO is also on Apple's board and Intuit could care less about the Mac market. While Campbell was on the board Intuit actually announced it was ceasing development of Quicken for Mac.
Wishful thinking is perfectly ok. Just remember that reality is often not what you expect.
Real simple: Eric left SUN, Steve is not a big fan of SUN ("SUN is no Apple)--this goes back to the NeXT/Sun Openstep debacle, Eric did a ****** job at Novell and since leaving Novell has turned itself around with SUSE.
Google founders are still in charge at Google. Schmidt is bringing business connections to Wall Street.
Schmidt is not a visionary. Steve learned the last time. He'll find a successor when the company has finally drawn a portion of the market that silence the critics.
Steve loves being the CEO of Apple.
If he hadn't mentioned pancreatic cancer (curable strain) this would be a discussion centered around integrated some of Google Services within custom Cocoa Services.
Google founders are still in charge at Google. Schmidt is bringing business connections to Wall Street.
Schmidt is not a visionary. Steve learned the last time. He'll find a successor when the company has finally drawn a portion of the market that silence the critics.
Steve loves being the CEO of Apple.
If he hadn't mentioned pancreatic cancer (curable strain) this would be a discussion centered around integrated some of Google Services within custom Cocoa Services.
Does this have something to do with the phone?
http://www.marketwatch.com/tvradio/...D87-05DB-47BA-85D5-3AF9AB32100C}&siteid=aolpf
Right there, you can listen to a reporter talking about Google and Apple. He claims that part of Apple's phone is going to be working with google, in addition to the iTunes music store. What do you all think?
http://www.marketwatch.com/tvradio/...D87-05DB-47BA-85D5-3AF9AB32100C}&siteid=aolpf
Right there, you can listen to a reporter talking about Google and Apple. He claims that part of Apple's phone is going to be working with google, in addition to the iTunes music store. What do you all think?
ChrisG said:Haha Microsoft, WE have a former vice-president! All you have is a fat, blading, shouting monkey man!
Well, based on the terms Microsoft was able to get from the Justice Department after losing the monopoly case... I'd say they have the whole executive branch.