谷歌董事長：專利大戰死路一條

????谷歌（Google）總裁——曾經的蘋果公司（Google）董事——至少很善于在接受采訪時語出驚人。施密特上周三晚間在92nd Street Y接受了一次專訪。科技博客AllThingsD的皮特?卡夫卡和里斯?加尼斯隨后在博客上發布了采訪實錄。以下是部分摘錄：

????? “Android與蘋果的平臺大戰是當今業界的關鍵一役。”

????? “微軟（Microsoft）是家運轉良好的公司，但他們拿不出最先進的產品。”

????? “我們致力于解決世界上的實質性問題。請看我們的解決方案。”

????? “讓我們（人類）親自開車真的是個錯誤的決定。”

????? “蘋果很早之前就決定開發自己的地圖軟件，（不過現在，他們）發現做地圖真的很困難。”

????? “蘋果應當繼續使用我們的地圖。”

????? “我不能討論這些（不得不使用的專利），因為我并不了解全部細節，而且這個話題讓我很不安。”

????? “專利大戰只有死路一條。”

????? “我曾經是蘋果的董事，我一直對蘋果有感情。”

????當被問道最希望擔任哪家公司首席執行官時，施密特的答案是蘋果，因為蘋果的現金儲備最為充沛。

????譯者：項航

????If nothing else, Google (GOOG) Chairman -- and former Apple (AAPL) board member -- knows how to deliver a good sound bite. Judging from the reporting of AllThingsD's Peter Kafka and Liz Gannes, he rattled off a bumper crop Wednesday night at the 92nd Street Y. A sample:

????? "The Android-Apple platform fight is the defining fight in the industry today."

????? "Microsoft is a well-run company, but they don't make state-of-the-art products."

????? "We're trying to solve material problems in the world. Judge us by our solutions."

????? "It's really an error that we [i.e. humans] are allowed to drive the car."

????? "Apple decided a long time ago to do their own maps … [now they've] discovered that maps are really hard."

????? "Apple should have kept with our maps."

????? "I can't talk about [standards-essential patents] because I don't know the details and because it actually just gets me too upset."

????? "These patent wars are death."

????? "I was on Apple's board, and I'll always have a soft spot for them."

????Asked which company he'd most like to be CEO of, Schmidt answered Apple, because they have the most cash.