Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Aug 2009 22:28 UTC, submitted by Adurbe
Apple Apple today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple's Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006. "Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, "Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple's core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric's effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple's Board."
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I wonder how much he contributed..
by Adurbe on Tue 4th Aug 2009 08:05 UTC
Adurbe
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2005-07-06

Having the 'internet king' on your board MUST have got the odd better deal here and there. Not excluding the information sharing that woul have taken place over lunch/golf

It also sortof 'morally obliged' Google to produce Mac versions of their apps, lets hope this continues!