I'm not a witness to this story, but the description closely resembles two different things that happened at Apple in the late 80s and early 90s. I was acquaint

I'm not a witness to this story, but the description closely resembles two different things that happened at Apple in the late 80s and early 90s. I was acquainted with some of the people peripherally involved in both. The story's description of Apple's response could be from people involved in those incidents. It sounds exactly the same.