????我近期在針對拉里?佩奇的新聞報道《成功的谷歌CEO生涯》一文中特別提到，佩奇成功執掌了一支特別穩定的管理團隊。

????然而，此一時彼一時。這兩天，拉里?佩奇重組了自己的“L團隊”（“L”是拉里團隊的簡稱），將谷歌（Google）的產品團隊從七支壓縮成五支。

????上周三，佩奇宣布，掌管Chrome和App業務的高級副總裁桑達?皮查伊將同時接管安卓部門，而安卓部門的創始人和主管安迪?魯賓將就此退任。上周四，谷歌證實了《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）的一則報道，即曾主管谷歌地圖、商務和支付業務的杰夫?胡貝爾將調入公司的特別團隊Google X。這樣一來，地圖部門就并入了搜索集團，由艾倫?尤斯塔斯領導；而商務和支付業務將被整合到廣告產品部，由蘇珊?沃西吉掌管（L團隊的另兩個產品部門的主管一個是負責Google+的維克?古多塔，另一個是掌管YouTube的薩拉?卡曼嘉）。

????對于這些變動，谷歌自己并未過多置評。佩奇寫道，魯賓將“掀開谷歌發展的新篇章”。佩奇一直對規模龐大、雄心勃勃的項目情有獨鐘（比如安卓，2004年它還只是個魯賓領導的微不足道的小項目，但現在呢，它已在7.5億臺智能手機和平板電腦上運行了）。他最后來了句：“安迪，請再搞幾個登月項目！” 同時，谷歌的一位發言人稱，已在谷歌效力十年之久的胡貝爾是一位“杰出的管理者”，他“更喜歡在類似創業企業的環境中工作”。

????盡管這兩大調整有諸多明顯的相通之處，但也有很多重大差別。

????安卓已經大獲成功了，但魯賓的調任多少有點讓人吃驚。它標志著皮采在谷歌得到了擢升。這位寡言少語、擅長分析的高管自Chrome項目啟動起就一直擔任掌舵人。僅僅四年功夫，Chrome已成為互聯網上用戶最多的瀏覽器。而Chrome操作系統就需要加把勁了。這個系統已用于一系列叫Chromebook的廉價筆記本電腦和最近推出的高端產品Pixel。

????去年11月，我采訪了佩奇后，皮采突然過來要和佩奇碰個頭。幾分鐘后，他們倆又回來和我聊了會兒。我覺得，他們倆關系很好，可以說是既和睦又輕松。我們聊到Chromebook時，佩奇提到了自己一度要推出100美元的筆記本電腦的夢想。幾年前這好像還不可行，但現在似乎近在咫尺了，因為三星公司（Samsung）推出的Chromebook售價僅為250美元。很明顯，佩奇對皮采的工作很滿意。

????In my recent feature on Larry Page's successful tenure as CEO of Google, I noted that Page had presided over a remarkably stable management team.

????That was then. In a matter of two days, Page shook up the "L-team" (short for Larry's team), shrinking Google's product groups to five from seven.

????On Wednesday, Page announced that Sundar Pichai, the senior vice president in charge of Chrome and apps, was also taking over Android, as the founder and leader of that unit, Andy Rubin, would be stepping aside. On Thursday, Google confirmed a report in the Wall Street Journal that Jeff Huber, who headed maps, commerce and payments, would be moving to the company's skunk works unit, Google X. As a result, the mapping efforts are being merged with the search group, under the leadership of Alan Eustace, and the commerce and payments initiatives are folded into advertising products unit, headed by Susan Wojcicki. (The other two product area leaders of the L-team are Vic Gundotra, who oversees Google+, and Salar Kamangar, who is in charge of YouTube.)

????Google (GOOG) isn't saying much about the changes. Page wrote that Rubin would "start a new chapter at Google." Page, who is especially fond of big, ambitious projects (think Android, which in 2004 was a tiny startup headed by Rubin and is now powering 750 million smartphones and tablets), added: "Andy, more moonshots please!" Meanwhile, a Google spokesperson described Huber, a 10-year veteran of Google, as an "extraordinary executive" who "is eager to work in more of startup-like environment."

????While there are obvious parallels between the two moves, there are also major differences.

????Android has been a runaway success, and Rubin's departure was a bit of surprise. It marks the ascendency within Google of Pichai, a quiet, analytic executive who has led the Chrome project since its inception. In just four years, Chrome has become the most-used Internet browser. The Chrome operating system, however, which powers a handful of inexpensive laptops called Chromebooks, as well as the recently introduced Pixel, a high-end Chromebook, has yet to gain much traction.

????After I interviewed Page in November, Pichai popped in for a meeting with his boss. The two circled back to talk to me for a few minutes, and they seemed to have a warm, easygoing rapport. As we discussed Chromebooks, Page remarked that the dream of making a $100 laptop, which appeared improbable just a few years ago, now seemed tantalizing close, as the Samsung Chromebook costs just $250. It was clear that Page was pleased with Pichai's work.