“The fight between Google and Apple over mobile devices is great for consumers, but the patent wars that have resulted are awful, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in conversation tonight with our own Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher,” Liz Gannes reports for AllThingsD. “‘The Android-Apple platform fight is the defining fight in the industry today,’ he said.”
“As for patent battles, Schmidt said he couldn’t talk about them for two reasons. First, he said, he doesn’t understand all the details; and second, the topic makes him too upset,” Gannes reports. ““These patent wars are death,” Schmidt said, noting that software is always overlapping and there are an estimated 200,000 patents covering the software industry.”
Gannes reports, “Will Google make a new maps app for Apple devices? Schmidt gave the same non-answer he has given before. ‘I don’t want to pre-announce products, but I can tell you that were we to do that Apple would have to approve it,’ he said.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Delusional mole. One of Steve Jobs’ biggest mistakes was trusting you. You can take your maps and put them where the sun doesn’t shine.
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I wonder why these interviewers don’t ask the hardball question when they interview Eric “the mole” Schmidt?
I would love for them to ask “considering that Steve Jobs accused you of stealing Apple’s intellectual property, don’t you think that perhaps you and by extension Google, have a bog hand in the start of these patent wars? Do you think there would have been less of a “war” if you didn’t steal Apple’s IP?”
Think he would answer or just walk off stage?
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Yes, I think we’d all like to see that question asked. Especially since Walt is generally in Apple’s pocket. Apple has owned him forever. He knew where his bread was buttered in the past. But you’re right, Eric the mole would probably just walk off the stage. I’d pay good money to see that.
For years Walt recommended Windows PCs over Macs. It started shortly after Windows 95 was released and began to end when the first iMacs started to gain momentum.
Walt looks at all the competition and recommends what works.
He’s a fan of Windows 7. Windows 8, notsomuch.
Well, he couldn’t recommend Windows shit forever.
It seems as though there’s a general understanding of what questions will be asked onstage before hand. This keeps the worthwhile questions at bay.
That’s just the butt hurt Schmidt talking. Tell your bitch Samsung to cut Apple a $1.05 billion check already.
More patent suits to come against your sorry ass, mole.
There are other ways of putting across your point that don’t involve foul language and gutter speak. Please show your better side.
I suggest you visit the Nickelodeon website and never come back here.
Obviously, you’re not from fxckin New Yawk. 😉
Early morning fog…meant for 314c7ro or whatever that says.
Since when are butt, bitch and ass foul language, context or not?
Butt has many meanings. Ask any kid what hurts when they slip and fall on their back-side.
Bitch, we all know, is a female dog.
Ass, we all have one. A donkey, by any other name is an ass.
You are right. All these words are in our language but the context they are used in are something that is not part of polite society. If you want discussions about Apple, this is the place for it and if you want to discuss things of the gutter then that is where you should discuss them.
You are very easily offended. You must spend most of your day asking people to not use foul language.
I have surrounded myself with people who are thoughtful, respectful and intelligent.
I can respect your thoughts on what is “respectful”, but some of the most intelligent, respected, and articulate people I know are still wont to dropping the “F bomb” for emphasis – even in “professional” settings.
Sometimes, nothing else will really get across a point with the same emotional impact. The fact that it bothers you is exactly the reason why it is effective from a psychological standpoint – it makes people take notice, even if their reaction is like yours.
Someone who uses profanity in every single sentence does tend to make people not take them very seriously, but when used properly (I’m sure you don’t think there *is* a proper use) I personally think it is very effective. 🙂
Oh, and to be clear – I am *NOT* stating that I think BLN is intelligent, respected, or articulate. 😀
Yes, I agree that it can be effective if used sparingly and thoughtfully. Even I use the odd word for effect but no more than once a month. There are some on this site who can’t seem to post a thought without using rough language. BLN is a frequent poster who struggles to express himself without using rough language.
Eric Schmidt = Bilderberg-attending thief
Figure he’d be one them.
Yep, and in addition to “the mole”, Bill Gates and Craig Mundie of MS are regular attendees as well. Charlie Rose also appears to attend Bilderberg regularly.
Or ask… Mr Schmidt, considering that other companies have managed to release products that don’t infringe on Apple’s IP and also look decidedly different, why is it that Google persists with this confrontational copying approach?
Schmidt embodies and exemplifies the term, Disingenuous. People like him are the reason I carry hand sanitizer with me at all times.
I always find it interesting that the Fandroid crowd (Eric the mole included) pitch the battle as “Apple versus Android” (a manufacturer versus on operating system) rather than “Apple versus Google” or “iOS versus Android”.
The clear intent is to make Apple the bad guy beating up on an operating system that is supported by the entire world.
It’s an interesting approach. I’m sure the research shows the “Apple as patent monster” message is getting some traction so they keep at it. But I think it’s a small portion of the public that will ever really buy that message, and they’re not mainstream consumers.
As the Samsung trial proves, and we all intuitively know: the public sees Apple as an innovator (that’s been their M.O. for decades — hard to attack them on that). If anyone should be using patents to stop competitors from copying, it would be Apple.
Ultimately, Google’s continued attacks on Apple for suing over patents simply bolsters existing public perceptions: Apple invents cool stuff first.
It’s always nice when Evil has a face.
What a loser. And to say that it makes him angry when talking about patent battles. You picked a fight with Apple, so no need to get angry. If Steve Jobs were in front of your face, I would love him see him rip you to shreds and put you in your place. Go to hell Schmidt and that loser Page who is now CEO, such a lame dumbass to take the helm, when you are still running the show.
Eric can kiss my rear end, today. Cause there will be no tomorrow for him.
That assbag only wishes android was so relevant.
Android is nothing but counterfeit iOS. Like a cheap knockoff of a Vuitton bag, it says more about its user.
I wish Steve Jobs was alive so that he could punch this guy in the face.
Eric Schmidt is a blowhard touting his own products and using All Things D to do so. He is Google’s salesman. The issue is one of profits and markets. Apple is worth almost three times Google and that is who is winning. Apple makes more profit than Google. That is who is winning. Android is not a platform, it is many different platforms with different capabilities and deficiencies. About 1-2% of those using the most modern Android platform compares to iOS 5 and 6 advanced platforms. Google’s model is based upon sales and Schmidt is their salesman. When he is on All Things D or any other public forum, he is pitching to his advertisers. Why anyone else listens to his “opinion, i.e., sales pitch is beyond my understanding. By the way, out of which part of his ass is he pulling those numbers?
What a lying, sneaky, mole of a tool. No wonder his name Schmidt rhymes with Sh!t!
Great for cumsumers…
Like google us some kind of do gooder.
hoping Apple would release a search engine like gurgle algorithms
right away, maybe next iOS upgrade ASAP
Tim Cook has never made a mistake as big as Steve Jobs did placing this Rotten Thief on the prestigious board of directors of Apple.
Please show images of Apple and Microsoft’s OS before and after Steve and Bill visited Xerox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
The difference is that Xerox ASKED Apple to visit, view the Alto and take from it everything they could use. It was part of a cross-licensing deal.
I suggest you look up exactly what Apple ADDED to the visual elements of Star OS in house. Example: The Trash can. That’s an Apple idea.
Then view how Apple went even further. Compare the Lisa OS with Mac OS.
And keep in mind that Apple coded EVERYTHING themselves. The only things Apple took form the Alto were the visual concepts, as per Xerox’s wishes.
IOW: The ‘Apple stole from Xerox’ story is nothing more than troll-worthy mythology. Go read it for yourself please. It’s published in at least a dozen books. Never rely on hearsay.
“I was on Apple’s board, and I’ll always have a soft spot for them. I was very good friends and very close to Steve Jobs, and we miss him dearly. ”
This dude is a psychopathic liar. Let me fix your sentence Eric…”When I was on Apple’s board I didn’t have any qualms about stealing proprietary information for my own self-aggrandizement and Google’s future needs. Found it easy to stick a knife in SJ’s soft spot. That was such a turn-on”.
“We want to be in the center of the information revolution. “The world doesn’t need more copycat products; it needs innovative products.”
Again…straight from the mouth of someone who is a legend in his own mind. This guy must have big gonads to spew this stuff. Fixed this one too: “I’ve seeded the world with plenty of stolen ideas…now I have to figure out a way to make them seem innovative.”
“…the patent wars that have resulted are awful,” said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt
Yeah Eric T. Mole. THANKS FOR CREATING THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE!
Imagine how pleasant the phone and tablet market would be if EVIL Google hadn’t stolen IP from Apple. I have no doubt we would be seeing FAR more actual innovation and diversity in the marketplace. So a good and hardy FRACK YOU ERIC! Please STFU and stop the problem by stopping the robbery of Apple IP.
DO IT YOURSELF GOOGLE! And stop the Samsung-quality WHINING about having been caught red-handed!
The Android market deserves every lawsuit.
Deal with it Eric, you crook.