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To: Win Smith who wrote (181298)	2/4/2012 5:19:48 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543310

I think Jobs felt personally and professionally betrayed by Eric Schmidt, who sat on Apple's board saying nothing while iPhone plans were discussed for quite some time. Only after Google went public with its Android plans did Schmidt begin recusing himself from talking about iPhone issues. But I agree with you that having that revenge mentality isn't a good thing. It's far more damaging to harbor a resentment than it is to be its object. Talking about spending the company's entire pile of cash in the effort to destroy Android was irresponsible. OK, maybe he was just blowing off steam at that moment. But it would have been irresponsible to do it.