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Do we know who “redacted” is? I’ve heard stories that Google set up development office in Denmark because one of their V8 developers wanted to move home and he
by wodenokoto 4y ago
Do we know who “redacted” is?
I’ve heard stories that Google set up development office in Denmark because one of their V8 developers wanted to move home and he was “that good” that it was worth setting up an office just to keep him on staff.
- kriz9 4y agoLars Bak? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Bak_(computer_programmer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Bak_(computer_programmer)
- complex_exp 4y agoHe never worked in Apple, no?
- wodenokoto 4y agoMust be the guy I’m thinking of as the story is so close to the urban legend I’ve heard. And as sibling comment suggest, it can’t be the person discussed in the emails.
- Lammy 4y agoIt doesn’t say if “redacted” accepted an offer, so possibly Don Melton, Dave Hyatt, or Ken Kocienda? None of them left Apple until much later, so this is just speculation in descending order of assumed-Stebe-irateness. These February 2005 emails make for an interesting timeframe since that was the year of the Apple/Google default search engine deal. I can’t find a more exact date for the search deal than “2005”, so it’s possible both were under negotiation simultaneously with no cause/effect relationship, but it sure is an interesting coincidence https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/technology/apple-google-search-antitrust.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/technology/apple-google-s...
- mlajtos 4y agoBy matching the font with the original screenshot, none of the names fit. "Don Melton" & "Dave Hyatt" are too short, "Ken Kocienda" is too long. "David Hyatt" is pretty close, could be him judging by the emails.
- seanalltogether 4y agoI can say for sure that Dave Hyatt was working at Apple in 2008, I'm not sure if he left and came back though.
- ash 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34228271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34228271