Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Google boss joins Apple's leadership

Google boss Eric Schmidt has been appointed to the board of directors of Apple Computers in a move that points towards a possible alliance between the two IT giants!!!

Schmidt joined Google from Novell, where he was chairman and CEO. He was also formerly chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems and a member of the research staff at the Computer Science Lab at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre.

Apple CEO Steve jobs said: "Eric is obviously doing a terrific job as CEO of Google, and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Apple's board of directors."

Schmidt also sits on Google's board, as well as the Princeton University board of trustees.

Lets C what happens after the alliance.... :-)

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