Despite the threat of Google Chrome OS as another competitive front versus Apple, and in the face of multiple protests from bloggers and pundits, Google CEO Eric Schmidt refuses to step down from Apple’s board of directors. Antitrust experts Gary Reback and law professor Eric Goldman express surprise at Schmidt’s staunch refusal, which may have to do with differences in how Google and Apple make money.
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The digital ink barely dried on Google’s blog post to announce the coming of Chrome operating system July 7, when journalists and bloggers ran stories suggesting Google CEO Eric Schmidt should remove himself from Apple’s board of directors for violating U.S. antitrust rules.
The argument renew…