[nostrademons]

Eric had already stepped down as CEO at the time the Real Names decision was made. That came from Vic, Larry, and the team leadership.

[dredmorbius]

Schmidt was unapologetically selling G+ as "an identity service".

Gundotra continued that drive until it became clear that the userbase would (and did) revolt.

[yuhong]

Yea, I knew it was Vic for a while now. BTW, I wonder if my emails to you helped.