I have a hard time believing this one guy was the entire lynch pin on wallet and was the difference between Google doing it or not
Perhaps not, but as the filing alleges, he was the person in charge of negotiating a deal with Google for Paypal to provide these Wallet-like services at the same exact time he was interviewing at Google for a job. That sounds like the definition of conflict of interest to me.
As an aside, I wonder what the interview process is like for someone Google is hoping to poach like this? Wonder if he had to interview with Andy Rubin a few days after/before appearing on the other side of the negotiating table from him?
Perhaps not, but as the filing alleges, he was the person in charge of negotiating a deal with Google for Paypal to provide these Wallet-like services at the same exact time he was interviewing at Google for a job. That sounds like the definition of conflict of interest to me.
As an aside, I wonder what the interview process is like for someone Google is hoping to poach like this? Wonder if he had to interview with Andy Rubin a few days after/before appearing on the other side of the negotiating table from him?