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Google's [roving](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining/) [uncle](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/google-teach-first-raspberry-pi/), [Eric Schmidt](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/caption-contest-eric-schmidt-does-gangnam-style-with-psy/), has sat down with the _Wall Street Journal_ to talk about life and times at Mountain View. When asked about the ongoing saga between Apple and Android manufacturers, Schmidt said "it's extremely curious that Apple has chosen to sue [Google's partners](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/24/apple-v-samsung-decision/) and not Google itself." However, rather than an invitation to a back-alley knife-fight, it seems the company chairman is hoping for a [peaceful solution](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/googles-eric-schmidt-slams-patent-wars-still-has-nice-things-t/) to the pair's enmity. He also talks about the real loser in this global patent conflict -- anyone looking to set up their own device company to follow in the footsteps of Android's daddy, [Andy Rubin](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/11/danger-co-founders-reunite-with-andy-rubin-at-google-to-focus-on/).
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Tablets](http://www.engadget.com/category/tablets/), [Apple](http://www.engadget.com/category/apple/), [Google](http://www.engadget.com/category/google/)
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**Source:** [WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323717004578159481472653460-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwNDEwNDQyWj.html)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/05/eric-schmidt-apple-google/
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