Schmidt is a moocher deadbeat who is dragged along by his old buddies from SUN who were original investors in Google.
He basically was a plant put there by them to make sure Page and Brin knew who was boss. As a manager, he’s destroyed virtually everything he touched: remember Novell?
And the Google founders threw him out as soon as they grew up a bit and figured out what a fraud he is.
But he still gets paid and since he’s a nasty piece of work, he pops up and shows us what kind of jerk he really is.
Actually, I’ve met him several times. He was CTO of SUN and after that (while at Novell) was on the board of directors for Siebel Systems (where i worked.) Novell was extremely upset when he left for Google and I think even tried to sue. He’s a incredibly smart man. Not sure I agree with him politically or agree with his moral failings (stuff I know about him), but he’s respected.