Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple 270
tom_guyette writes "ComputerWorld reports a federal judge has ordered former IBM executive Mark Papermaster, recently hired as Apple's vice president of hardware devices engineering, to stop working for Apple. The judge's ruling is based on a motion for preliminary injunction made by IBM, which states Papermaster's new job violates a non-compete agreement he signed in 2006. In response, Papermaster asserted to the court that 'Nothing about his new job will implicate any trade secrets from IBM.'"
Is this Dilbert or Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
An executive named Papermaster?
Time to get rehired (Score:5, Funny)
Slave (Score:3, Funny)
What kind of an idiot... (Score:5, Funny)
...starts litigation against a guy named Papermaster?
Competition? (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, hunh? What market do IBM and Apple compete in, anyway?
Apple:
Desktop PCs
Desktop operating systems
Media Players
Phones
Artsy Pretentious Attitude
IBM:
Semiconductors
Server hardware
Point of Sale crap
Overpriced IT services for senile old corporations
Lawyer zerg rushes
B-school Pretentious Attitude
The only possible overlap was in desktop PCs, and IBM sold that division to Lenovo.
Re:Is this Dilbert or Slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)
An executive named Papermaster?
Just another nail in the coffin of the Paperless Office.
Re:Money grubbers (Score:4, Funny)
And the next generation will have five blades in a rack for a even smoother network performance with a glide power strip to guarantee no cuts in availability.
Re:states rights! (Score:4, Funny)
These days? In court? Likely Wikipedia.
Now he's just like every other IBM employee (Score:3, Funny)
Working for zero wages and being told to be happy they have that job. Awesome.
Re:Compensation? (Score:2, Funny)
Papermaster(PM): I'm quitting to work for Apple.
IBM: We'll give you a raise. We'll pay you for a year to stay home.
PM: Jobs just doubled your offer. Plus it's a chance of the lifetime. I'm leaving.
IBM: OK. we'll throw you a party. (...while secretly calling the legal department to prepare the suit).