[tgma]

Wrong. Eric Schmidt might be more of a suit than Larry, but calling him a bean counter is a stretch. He is a Computer Scientist. He has written Lex[1] ffs.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_(software)

P.S. re the Android story, which seems obviously exaggerated, gotta take into account that Eric has a strong incentive to deliberately distance himself from the story given his role on Apple Board of Directors at the time.

[aswerty]

Very interesting, I didn't know anything more than he was more of a suit. Good to be aware he has technical pedigree.

[tgma]

He had a class at Stanford a few years back where you can see some of his insightfulness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRxFRgNpns

[grepfru_it]

His technical prowess was peeking its head a few times during this interview. The fact is, he is still very much a business, man.