Andy Rubin, creator of Android, after more than ten years decided to leave the ranks of Google. His resignation from the current position is caused by the desire to further business “self-employed” and continued to develop in yourself the chosen direction. According to both parties, farewell took place in a relaxed atmosphere and it was not the result of a conflict of interest Rubin and the board wyszukiwarkowego giant.
Departures workers are not uncommon in the company with Mountan View, and there are relatively more often, but for the case of Andy Rubin’s worth mentioning, since his departure certainly does not mean just change the name on the payroll. This is the person responsible for the rise of Android – the most popular mobile software in the world.
Many people are not aware of it, that Android was not created by Google, and the history of this system started two years before entry into the HTC G1 smartphone market, the first device using the software Rubin. In 2003, he founded the company Android Inc., which developed the general principles of Android. It was quite an innovative solution for those times, and quickly drew the attention of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who decided to buy the company and further develop the project alone. Andy Rubin, of course, joined the team of developers and their work quickly resulted in the release of the first device with a set of Google applications and the initial version of Android.
Since then, the system has grown from strength to strength, and eventually became the most popular mobile software in the world. Rubin has long worked on its development, but last year decided to change a bit around and went to the robotics department at Google. As he himself admitted, always fascinated by this type of stuff, hence the name of his system. Android took over the management of Sundar Pichai, who so far is praised for its decisions and some believe that it is suitable for this position better than its predecessor.
Although self transfer to another department, Rubin was unable to find it, and his job was tending processes acquisitions of other companies involved in robotics. Within a year, he oversaw the merger with such companies as Boston Dynamics, Meka Robotics and Schaft, but it was not what he wanted to do in life. As he himself admitted, he was not limited, however, it could not find fulfillment still acting under the wings of Google, I still wanted to build something entirely their own.
Therefore, Andy Rubin finally decided to leave the ranks of the company. As reported The Wall Street Journal, from now on he will be supporting various projects in the field of novice software and robotics. His current position on Google took James Kuffner, who previously was a researcher acting on Carnegie Mellon University. It is worth noting that the creator of Android chump large sympathy to his last employer, with whom in the end he spent a total of 11 years. The Board Google also says that Rubin was the person who brought a lot to the company and wishes him success in further action.
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