Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs along with Mark Zuckerberg to Meet with Obama Tonight
Mortal enemies Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs will put aside their differences and join emerging rival Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook to meet with President Obama as he travels to the San Francisco area, the base of many of the nation’s largest tech and web firms. Obama will be pushing his new technology plan. The details of that plan are quite extensive to list here, but that part Obama likely wants to discuss with these tech giants is a focus on internet commerce and network infrastructure. Maybe they’ll get to talking about those high-speed rail lines, too. Google does seem to want their hand in every pot of honey.
There is actually some question as to whether or not Jobs is healthy enough to attend. Some rumors coming from the not-always-trustworthy National Enquirer pegged him with only 6 weeks to live. That would be a tragic loss to the tech industry, and we hope it just isn’t true.
But given all the market competition between the companies attending, they all are sure to come together as strong allies for a better connected world. If you saw any of Eric Schmidt’s keynote this week at Mobile World Congress you know all about it.
[via Gizmodo]