He and his partner jared cohen are authors of this book. I started by asking schmidt, what has changed in the year since the book was first written . It is interesting, if you read this book from a year ago, a lot of the things we talked about did happen. We talked about the dangers and issues. Maybe the most interesting thing has been the unpredictability of political change because of technology. At the time he wrote the book, we were reasonably sure that the revolution in the Tahrir Square in egypt was going to produce a pseudodemocratic outcome. Now it seems were back to square zero. If you look at the ukraine today, it is not at all clear what is going to happen, and no one has a proposal how to deal with syria. We have learned there is some kind of limit to technological optimism. But if you empower people, ultimately, the gun still speaks. Im not sure it is a good answer, but it is a true answer. I was just on the Syrian Border about three weeks ago. One of the things we had wri
World of startups. We want to talk about developments at microsoft trade as the new ceo puts his new Management Team in place, the bestknown manager arguably steve balmer passed hast the baton in terms of the ceo title is speaking out about some of his regrets about microsoft cost microsofts shifts into hardware. We are also getting fresh details from Bloomberg News on what was happening in the board room as steve balmer push to get that nokia deal done. Bloomberg News Technology editor and joins me here in San Francisco with the latest on the story. Ari, lets start with what we are learning about that process of steve balmer pushing for this bigger move into hardware, trying to get a nokia deal done. It sounds like Board Members were not so sure about it. The surprise would be if there was not a lot of debate in the board room about this. A 7 billion deal for a handset maker, for a company that is trying to shift into the next generation of software and devices. They are buying one of
Balloons and more. I sat down with google executive chairman eric schmidt at the oasis montgomery summit in santa monica. He and his partner jared cohen are authors of this book. I started by asking schmidt, what has changed in the year since the book was first written . It is interesting, if you read this book from a year ago, a lot of the things we talked about did happen. We talked about the dangers and issues. Maybe the most interesting thing has been the unpredictability of political change because of technology. At the time he wrote the book, were reasonably sure that the revolution in the Tahrir Square in egypt was going to produce a particular outcome. A pseudodemocratic outcome. Now it seems were back to square zero. If you look at the ukraine today, no one has a proposal how to deal with syria. If you look at ukraine today, it is not at all clear what is going to happen, and no one has a proposal how to deal with syria. We have learned there is some kind of limit to technolog
At then eric schmidt oasis montgomery summit in santa monica. He and his partner are authors of this book. Started by asking schmidt, what has changed in the year since the book was first written . It is interesting, if you read this book from a year ago, a lot of the things we talked about did happen. We talked about the dangers and issues. Maybe the most interesting thing has been the unpredictability of political change because of technology. At the time he wrote the book, were reasonably sure that the in the Tahrir Square in egypt was going to produce a particular outcome. Now it seems were back to square zero. If you look at the ukraine today, no one has a proposal how to deal with syria. We have learned there is some kind of limit to technological optimism. But if you empower people, the gun still speaks. Im not sure it is a good answer, but it is a true answer. One of the things we had written about in the book is that governments in the midst of conflict will become so concerne
Developments at microsoft as the new ceo puts his new Management Team in place, the bestknown manager arguably steve balmer passed hast the baton in terms of the ceo title is speaking out about some of his regrets about microsofts shifts into hardware. We are also getting fresh details from Bloomberg News on what was happening in the board room as steve balmer push to get that nokia deal done. Ari leavy is a Bloomberg News Technology Editor and joins me here in San Francisco with the latest on the story. Ari, lets start with what we are learning about that process of steve balmer pushing for this bigger move into hardware, trying to get a nokia deal done. It sounds like Board Members were not so sure about it. The surprise would be if there was not a lot of debate in the board room about this. A 7 billion deal for a handset maker, for a company that is trying to shift into the next generation of software and devices. They are buying one of the legacy players. A lot of boardroom drama t