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The perfect marriage between Google and Apple was not to be, it seems, as CEO of Google Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple Board of Directors. Schmidt, who had been a board member for 2 years, has resigned at a time where the Mountain View search/advertising company is branching out into Apple’s territory. With each producing competing smartphone platforms (Android and iPhone) and possibly even operating systems (Chrome OS and Mac OS X) Schmidt’s presence in the Apple boardroom was beginning to be one of conflicting interest, even though he had been removing himself from decisions where the two companies overlapped.

Steve Jobs, in a written statement, had this to say:

“Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful. Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s board.”

Though this explanation makes sense at face value, one cannot help but recall the interesting events regarding Google Voice, that have occurred in the last week. Will Google continue producing applications for the iPhone and OS X, or does this signal the eventual demise of their previously mutual relationship?

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