In iWoz, Steve talks about developing the Apple I and Apple II while he was still employed at HP. He, too, wanted to be entirely honest and had no intentions o

In iWoz, Steve talks about developing the Apple I and Apple II while he was still employed at HP. He, too, wanted to be entirely honest and had no intentions of quitting. Basically, he just told them straight up what he was doing. I believe he even brought prototypes in for demonstration several times. HP had no interest in laying claim to the designs. According to Steve, every department in HP had the opportunity. They all turned it down. It would be hard to extrapolate from this, but your employer might just not be interested at all.