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Mike McGuire
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11 years at Gartner
21 years IT industry

Michael McGuire is a research vice president with Gartner's Media Industry Advisory Services. Mr. McGuire covers online music and media distribution, DRM, copyright-related issues, publishing , and how social-networking technology…Read Full Bio

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Yet Another Reason Why Eric Schmidt Quits Apple’s Board?

by Mike McGuire  |  September 2, 2009  |  Comments Off

 

OK, maybe Apple would have kept Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, on Apple’s board if Google’s tech-hegemony had stopped with Android. Maybe, maybe even the Chrome browser might have been acceptable.

But a streaming rental movie business?

AppleTV might only be a “hobby” Apple continues to invest in (as Tim Cook, Apple president/COO, said during a recent earnings call) but it’s a really important “hobby” with significant long-term potential.

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