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If Apple would fire him over this, they probably would (or did?) fire him a week or so ago when it first went missing and got remote-wiped. The fact that it was
by BigZaphod 17y ago
If Apple would fire him over this, they probably would (or did?) fire him a week or so ago when it first went missing and got remote-wiped. The fact that it was later found and he was publicly humiliated shouldn't change anything in this case - they already knew it was lost and they knew this situation was a real possibility. If they hadn't fired him yet, I don't see how it makes sense to fire him now that someone found and published it. It's not like he could control who happened to find it.
- ZachPruckowski 17y agoIf they fire him now, it's CYA. "A prototype has gone missing" might get Steve Jobs or Jon Ive or whoever fretting, but "the fourth generation iPhone is sitting in Gizmodo's office" has to be resulting in legendary anger from the top floor, and I can totally see the manager saying "we canned the guy and we tightened our testing restrictions" to placate upper-level anger.
- epochwolf 17y agoPhotograph of Steve Jobs’s office taken earlier today http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4527797541/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/4527797541/sizes/o/ (via gruber)
- tzs 17y agoNo, they would not fire him then, without knowing what happened to the phone, because of the possibility he'd be needed to get the phone back.