Due to some conflicts of interest as Google is entering Apple’s line of business, Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, resigned for being one of Apple’s board of directors as Apple, Inc. announced on August 3, 2009.
According to the statement released by Apple, Inc., ‘Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple’ but since Google is doing direct competition with Apple’s main business, ‘Eric’s effectiveness as board member will be significantly diminished.’ Adding that, ‘we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board.’
We all know that recently, Google released its own operating system for mobile – the Android, and then the browser and the PC operating system, these new products of Google directly affects Apple’s own products. Thus, Eric’s resignation to Apple is just the right thing for can’t handle two different companies that are rivals in nature.