

Eric Schmidt plans to stand his ground










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RE: He gets what he deserves . . .
By icrf on 5/11/2009 7:30:56 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah, I'm confused. They overlap in one market, and that particular market has extremely heavy competition. It really doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it. Or am I confusing anti-trust with monopoly, and things like Android skipping multi-touch support are the real questions?

RE: He gets what he deserves . . .
By omnicronx on 5/11/2009 8:43:54 AM , Rating: 2
If he is on both boards and he is actively part of all decisions of both companies, than he would probably be in the wrong here. By the sounds of it though, he leaves the room when any conflicting topic comes up. I see nothing wrong with this, unless of course someone can prove he is giving away trade secrets, which I really doubt would make sense for him. He is on two boards after all, why jeopardize that? I don't see how he would make more money giving away trade secrets than being on two boards.

RE: He gets what he deserves . . .
By Motoman on 5/11/2009 11:26:08 AM , Rating: 3 me crazy, but it seems to me that the reason people are appointed to a board of directors is because the company expects to benefit from their guidance...

...and if you have a director who has to leave the room once in a while when a potentially taboo subject comes up - how is that properly giving the company the direction it expects?

If you were a salaried worker mid-level in the organization, and found it necessary to excuse yourself once in a while from company duties, I can't imagine you'd remain employed very long.

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