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New iPod chief: Apple and IBM were never competitors
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/10/2008
New iPod chief: Apple and IBM were never competitors
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“I do not recall a single instance of Apple being described as a competitor of IBM during my entire tenure at IBM.” I did mental double take when I read those words, and I suspect I was not alone. They were filed in a U.S. district court in Manhattan early Friday by Mark ...
informationweek.com - 11/7/2008
Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract -
— informationweek.com — Apple's newly appointed chief of iPod and iPhone engineering said his move to Cupertino does not violate... a noncompete contract he signed with former employer IBM because Apple and IBM are not competitors. "To the best of my knowledge, IBM does not ... (more) Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract -

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reuters.com - 11/8/2008
UPDATE 1-U.S. judge orders Apple executive to stop work | Markets | Markets News
— reuters.com — (Adds comment from Apple; quotes from Papermaster's court filing) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A U.S.... District Court judge in New York ordered a newly hired Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) executive to stop work ... (more) UPDATE 1-U.S. judge orders Apple executive to stop ...

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The Papermaster chronicles: An Apple vs. IBM timeline
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/10/2008
The Papermaster chronicles: An Apple vs. IBM timeline
— apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — Steve Jobs’ high-profile raid on IBM’s managerial ranks hit a snag on Friday. A judge in White... Plains, N.Y., ordered Mark Papermaster — IBM’s ( IBM ) former top microprocessor executive and Apple’s ( AAPL ) newest ... (more) The Papermaster chronicles: An Apple vs. IBM timeline

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Apple’s Papermaster was misquoted
MacBytes.com — ... the court, arguing that IBM and Apple are in very different businesses. That afternoon, a reporter for Information Week plucked this quote out of the 27-page statement and ran with it:“I do not recall a single instance of Apple being described as a competitor of IBM during my entire tenure at IBM.”  ( link ) The quote echoed through the blogosphere. Grizzled tech writers, including this one, treated it with various degrees of derision and incredulity. (See here , here and here .) How could anyone who joined IBM in 1982 possibly forget that Apple and ...

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