Apple Fails Due Diligence in Trade Secret Case

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 15, 2005 @12:03AM from the do-your-homework dept.

Brett writes "Despite claims to the contrary, it now appears that Apple didn't do any serious investigation inside the company before they sued AppleInsider and the PowerPage. This is quite a bit of a problem because Californian law and First Amendment precedent requires Apple check up on itself before threatening journalists. From the article, "It appears that Apple has adopted a shoot-first, ask questions later approach to dealing with rumors sites. The company took no depositions, required no oaths from its employees, and failed to subpoena anyone related to the company or the development of the device in question.""

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Re:That's what makes Apple different from Microsof by Ice+Station+Zebra · 2005-09-15 00:15 · Score: 0, Troll

What fantasy world are you living in? How long did it take Apple to write a better os (if you can call it that)? And they had to steal from the free software people to do it. Don't get me wrong Apple makes a decent (re pretty looking) desktop, but they are not the better alternative to anything out there.
Re:Queue Apple Apologists in 3... 2... by Quarters · 2005-09-15 01:11 · Score: 0, Troll

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have appologist #1