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It’s a long shot that the poster would have actually endangered anyone’s position at Apple, but I suppose it’s already a somewhat long shot that he managed to n
by mortenjorck 13y ago
It’s a long shot that the poster would have actually endangered anyone’s position at Apple, but I suppose it’s already a somewhat long shot that he managed to nail both the patent and an area of expertise of a recent hire, all without any prior context. Given that, I think this was the right thing to do.
- mikeash 13y agoEven if it did manage to get somebody at Apple in trouble, the fault lies entirely with Apple laying down false accusations with insufficient evidence, not with the guy who made a lucky guess and didn't even do it intentionally.
- Nexxxeh 13y agoYes, but Apple's actual shitty behaviour or this hypothetical shitty behaviour might stop someone putting food on the table. If someone loses their job over this, the fact it's just Apple being arseholes won't be of much comfort to the newly unemployed (unless it's a lucrative wrongful dismissal suit I guess.) Does anyone have any confidence in Apple doing the right thing by its employees or indeed customers?
- mikeash 13y agoI don't mean to imply that Apple wouldn't do it. Just saying that if we're assigning blame, that's where it should go. As for putting food on the table, in general I'd agree, but do ex-Apple employees in SV really have trouble finding new jobs?
- mynewwork 13y agoThey do if they want to work for Google, Adobe, Intel... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/technology/settlement-silicon-valley-antitrust-case.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/technology/settlement-sili... http://pando.com/2014/03/27/how-steve-jobs-forced-google-to-cancel-its-plan-to-open-a-paris-office/ http://pando.com/2014/03/27/how-steve-jobs-forced-google-to-...
- mikeash 13y ago1. That's not being done anymore. 2. Even if it was, it didn't apply to people who have been fired. 3. Even if it did, there are lots of other places for programmers to work.
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