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Posted on 01/21/2011 10:15:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We're fans of Eric Schmidt and blown away by what Google has accomplished under his watch, and there's nothing embarrassing about getting fired.
But let's be serious: Eric got fired.
Starting with Eric's bizarre and self-serving tweet--"day-to-day adult supervision is no longer needed"--through his carefully worded blog post that screamed "friction at the top," through his patronizing remarks about how he thinks Larry Page is finally "ready" to be CEO, it seemed clear that Eric got shoved out the door.
Specifically, it seemed that far from adult supervision no longer being needed, Eric's opinions were no longer wanted.
And, sure, maybe Eric got tired of that and decided to go do something else. But it amounts to the same thing: The folks who control Google, Larry and Sergey, decided that they were done with Eric.
So they canned him.
Is this a good move for Google?
Jeff Bezos? Or Jerry Yang...
We'll see. So far everyone thinks it is. And maybe Google's flailing in social and local and daily deals and enterprise and many other areas is, in fact, due to a lack of firm, clear leadership at the top--a problem that will now be fixed.
But it may also be that Sergey and Larry should have listened to Eric more and that Google will now fully succumb to its biggest weakness, which is an over-emphasis on technology instead of brands and services.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
I’m only surprised that Schmidt hung in there as long as he did!
This ass-clown is still currently Obama’s WH lackey for the tech industry.
Seems to me that it might be possible that his position at the WH lead to problems?
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