Has the business relationship between Apple and Google affected the CEOs of the two companies?
With Apple and Google competing on more and more levels, it would be silly to expect the relationship between CEOs Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt to be what it was when the iPhone first launched. However, not a lot of people expected the relationship to fall so far into disrepair that sources would later say, “Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt.” Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a lengthy story about the relationship between Apple and Google. Examining things right from the beginning, when Schmidt and Jobs worked together to bring Google Maps and search to the iPhone and Schmidt openly complimented Steve on his new product, to the current back and forth of sniping remarks made about each other’s company while talking to the press. The Times reports that when Apple announced the iPad in January, Schmidt was asked what he thought of the device. Schmidt responded, “You might want to tell me the difference between a large phone and a tablet.” When Apple filed its lawsuit against HTC
