What took them so long?
Guess the GV thing was the tip of the iceberg for him.
Perhaps you mean the straw that broke the camel's back?
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#12Now tell me that this has nothing to do with the recent events (the Google Voice removal from the App Store).
I think it does have to do with recent events, just not the events you're mentioning. Having on your board an executive from a company that competes with you in multiple ways is awkward, both for your company and for the executive.
Indeed, iPhone v. Android was trouble enough. Add in ChromeOS vs. Mac OS X, and Google Apps v. their Apple counterparts and you begin to wonder just which parts of the board meeting after coffee and bagels that he could actually take part in. I'd imagine that GV was, at best, a side-show to this decision.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it does have to do with recent events, just not the events you're mentioning. Having on your board an executive from a company that competes with you in multiple ways is awkward, both for your company and for the executive.
Indeed, iPhone v. Android was trouble enough. Add in ChromeOS vs. Mac OS X, and Google Apps v. their Apple counterparts and you begin to wonder just which parts of the board meeting after coffee and bagels that he could actually take part in. I'd imagine that GV was, at best, a side-show to this decision.
Apparently the shit really hit the fan when Steve saw leaked sketches of the new Google Tablet.
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#14I wonder if the GV thing was a result of internal politics with the aim being to force Schmidt to resign. I mean it seemed a bit too heavy handed even for Apple. Either way he had to go.
Hopefully this will mean it's 'game on' for full competition in the mobile space.
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#16What took them so long?
Guess the GV thing was the tip of the iceberg for him.
I think there's probably more to the whole Google Voice thing than is, uhh, on the surface. ;-)
I suspect even if Google knew that the application would be rejected that they still would have developed it to start a PR coup to knock the iPhone off of its pedestal. I don't think Google really cares all that much about Google Voice in isolation -- it's of limited strategic value by itself. But if you see it as part of their overall mobile strategy of commoditizing the smart phone market (which Google Voice also helps), and if you look at how important it is for Apple that that not happen, I think the conflict of interest has more teeth.
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#17Fake Steve Jobs must be ready to explode right around now.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Guess the GV thing was the tip of the iceberg for him.
I think there's probably more to the whole Google Voice thing than is, uhh, on the surface. ;-) I suspect even if Google knew that the application would be rejected that they still would have developed it to start a PR coup to knock the iPhone off of its pedestal. I don't think Google really cares all that much about Google Voice in isolation -- it's of limited strategic value by itself. But if you see it as part of…
i would say it is of maximal strategic value. knowing who calls who is the ultimate social graph. note the analytics news out of ibm re snazzy.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Guess the GV thing was the tip of the iceberg for him.
Perhaps you mean the straw that broke the camel's back?
I like to refer to things like this as "the brick that broke the camel's back". "Straws" that break the camel's back should be reserved for an insignificant annoyance that sets you off after a long period of building up grievances; calling it the brick implies the long buildup of grievances but also that this one is pretty significant. (And it tends to get a chuckle, which is a plus in my book.) I think this is a pretty significant finger in the eye from Apple.