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From my (very limited) perspective, this seems to be mostly publicly clarifying the roles they were already effectively serving in their ad hoc division of labor for a while.

Larry has been the most involved in the technology details, Sergey has been the most involved in the blue-sky new projects, and Eric has been the most involved in the interaction between Google and other entities (as well as very high level direction.)

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Agreed. It seems like it may just be a PR move... Larry doesn't have Eric's growing reputation for slight creepiness. People might like the idea (whether it's true or not) that he's the one making all the calls.

But on the other side of the coin, this makes it a bit harder for Good Czar Larry to hide behind nasty old Eric Schmidt whenever Google does something inept or morally questionable.

well maybe that's the point?

I'd like to think so, but it seems very unlikely.

I'm reminded of the quote "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.".

Santa Clause?

Almost.

You can't fool me, there ain't no Sanity Clause--Chico Marx, "A Night at the Opera"

yup -- there's a thin line between "Don't be evil" and "Do good"

I like both of them, I think they are both usually right or at least I'm confident that they've thought about things thoroughly. Larry though in general is much less guarded when he speaks. He talks a lot more like an engineer, which I think contributes substantially to his likability.

He might say things that are controversial, but he's curt enough that he's not going to be misunderstood. If people disagree with him, they're a lot more likely to be disagreeing with what he actually believes rather than how the he's been sound-bited.

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