6:44 pm: Walt (Mossberg) And what about Google? The relationship has clearly changed there, hasn?t it?
"Well, they?re competing with us," says Jobs, referring to the mobile space. "We didn?t go into search."
6:47 pm: Kara: How do you look at Google as a competitor? Eric [Schmidt, Google CEO] was on your board.
Jobs: "They decided to compete with us and got more and more serious."
6:50 pm: Kara asks if Apple might remove Google from the iPhone and iPad. Jobs says no. Again, he notes that Apple is simply trying to make the best products it can and that the market will decide whose is better. "Right now, we have the better product."
...(later) he adds, a bit vehemently: "We?re not going into search."
Comments
We may be seeing the end of an era in respect to Google dependence.
Moral of the story...? Don't p*ss off Steve Jobs:
6:44 pm: Walt (Mossberg) And what about Google? The relationship has clearly changed there, hasn?t it?
"Well, they?re competing with us," says Jobs, referring to the mobile space. "We didn?t go into search."
6:47 pm: Kara: How do you look at Google as a competitor? Eric [Schmidt, Google CEO] was on your board.
Jobs: "They decided to compete with us and got more and more serious."
6:50 pm: Kara asks if Apple might remove Google from the iPhone and iPad. Jobs says no. Again, he notes that Apple is simply trying to make the best products it can and that the market will decide whose is better. "Right now, we have the better product."
...(later) he adds, a bit vehemently: "We?re not going into search."