Steve Jobs Palm: Apple’s Steve Jobs Faced Off Against Palm

“Colligan told Jobs that the plan was “likely illegal,” and that Palm was not “intimidated” by the threat.”

“If you choose the litigation route, we can respond with our own claims based on patent assets, but I don’t think litigation is the answer,” he said.”

AppleInsider added some more information, including an email from Colligan to Jobs:

“Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other’s employees, regardless of the individual’s desires, is not only wrong, it is likely illegal.[…]Palm doesn’t target other companies-we look for the best people we can find. l’d hope the same could be said about Apple1s practices. However, during the last year or so, as Apple geared up to compete with Palm in the phone space, Apple hired at least 2% of Palm’s workforce. To put it in perspective, had Palm done the same, we’d have hired 300 folks from Apple. Instead, to my knowledge, we’ve hired just three.”

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