alt Hacker NewsJob's thermonuclear threats were about Android & Google, not Samsung because Schmidt was on Apple's board during the development of Android.
> "I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this."
The falling out with Samsung was related, but more about the physical look of the phone
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Oh shit I didn't know he was on the board, I thought the story was just that they decided to be a competitor.
So, Schmidt had inside knowledge of before following Apple into the smartphone category? That makes the vengeful fury less unhinged.
Sounds like those $40b did not end up running out.
> because it’s a stolen product
This is funny coming from Jobs.