Well, this was on the cards. Apple has announced that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple’s Board of Directors. The resignation comes after holding this position since August 2006 and the reason behind is unsurprisingly, conflicts of interest. This is what Steve Jobs had to say.
“Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful. 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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