I work at a level way way below that of an executive and I get minor communications which prompt me to seek legal counsel (thank goodness we can afford it). I a

I work at a level way way below that of an executive and I get minor communications which prompt me to seek legal counsel (thank goodness we can afford it). I assure you that he ran this discussion by his lawyers before responding to Jobs, he would have been a complete fool had he not. This entire document seems like it was crafted to make Colligan look virtuous, and maybe he was, but if so, it was because his lawyers told him that it would be to his benefit. Note that this document references a phone call that happened first, this call was totally undocumented and points to the fact that both sides were feeling each other out to seek a benefit, when it was clear that Palm held the poor hand, they started crafting a defense.