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Useful context for Jobs' response: "Jon Rubinstein is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development
by sachingulaya 14y ago
Useful context for Jobs' response:
"Jon Rubinstein is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iPod. Jon Rubenstein left his position as senior vice president of Apple's iPod division on April 14, 2006. He became executive chairman of the board at Palm, Inc., after private equity firm Elevation Partners completed a significant investment in the handheld manufacturer in October 2007."
"Anderson previously served as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Inc. from March 1996 through June 2004.[1] He took over the duties of CEO after the ouster of CEO Gil Amelio and before the appointment of Steve Jobs as interim CEO.[2] His responsibilities at Apple included oversight of the companies controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, information systems, internal audit, facilities and human resources operations.[1] On June 8, 2004, Anderson was appointed to Apple's board of directors. On October 4, 2006 Anderson resigned from Apple's board following a three month investigation into Apple's stock option practices.[3]"
- accountswu 14y agoI don't know how important those Palm employees were who were poached by Apple but the Palm CEO says 2% of his employees were taken by Apple (2% of Apple's employees would mean 300 folks).