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Re:John Hennessy named chairman of Alphabet/Google by Aloha on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:07PM (#16288079)
I think this conceptually holds as much water as a colander.

Schmidt has been on his way out for a couple years - it appeared to have been part of a planned transition.

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Re:John Hennessy named chairman of Alphabet/Google by somecontext on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:16PM (#16293372)
For some context, this article in the New York Times presents essentially the same theories/discussion: https://nytimes.com/2017/12/21/technology/eric-schmidt-googl...
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Re:John Hennessy named chairman of Alphabet/Google by alphonsegaston on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:56PM (#16288290)
I think he was on his way out to a post in the Clinton administration as Google’s man on the inside. He’s mentioned his political ambitions in several interviews/profiles.

When that didn’t pan out, they didn’t see much use in keeping him around, especially in light of Trump’s penchant for grudges.

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