Eric has a penchant for saying things he thinks before thinking about how they might be heard. He famously said, "There is no privacy, get over it. If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmid...
You are correct. I also believe Scott said something to the effect that IT was dead although we all know how good of a prediction that was.