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I'm curious what the Justice Department will find. Seems like a nice gesture on behalf of both companies. Edit: Sorry, this was supposed to be sarcastic, but c

by Oompa 17y ago

I'm curious what the Justice Department will find. Seems like a nice gesture on behalf of both companies. Edit: Sorry, this was supposed to be sarcastic, but came off as just plain stupid.

holdenk 17y ago
Could you explain how this is a nice gesture?
- trafficlight 17y ago
  Sarcasm, sir.
designtofly 17y ago
What you call a "nice gesture," most everybody else calls collusion [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion
- jwilliams 17y ago
  If Google decided to buy all their CPUs from Intel, rather than AMD, is that Collusion? Who exactly is being defrauded in this situation?
  - zngtk4 17y ago
    Technically, it probably would be, which highlights the inanity of these laws.
DenisM 17y ago
Restricting worker's ability to find new jobs is not a nice gesture. It's opressive, and also may be illegal.
- philwelch 17y ago
  "To be clear, this unwritten agreement was that Google would not go after Apple employees, and vice versa. However, employees of both companies were free to apply to the other company on their own, we’re told." While this doesn't affect employees' ability to find jobs as much, it would affect their pay (as there would be no bidding wars over employees wanted by both companies).