Google doesn't copy, explains Eric Schmidt

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This is an era of uncommon innovation.

Minds brighter than have ever been seen have congregated in one small part of western America to change the way everything is done.

It's working. All around us, we hardly recognize the world from even 10 years ago. At the core of this achievement is a pristine purity of thought.

This was underlined today by Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.

In a post on the entirely original Google