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Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple
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.'"
I could've sworn IBM was in New York.
The US Constitution explictly states one state cannot discharge your contractual obligations made legally in another state.
I could have sworn that "Constitution" thing was made illegal by the Patriot Act.
Are you STUPID or just intentionally being ignorant?
Pay attention... Really... TRY to at least.
It is a matter of HONOR.
You, maybe you personally, gave your WORD that you would do something contractually. You were not obligated to, you could have sought work elsewhere.
So then because you're a greedy fucking puss nugget you think you've a "right" to violate your word. Well, I hope that the courts allow you to do so. So long as you know you're an ignorant puss nugget who is not true to their word and thus worth less than what I leave in the toilet after a few rounds of peppermint schnapps. Yes. Less than that. If I can't believe your word AND signature you are a piece of shit.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
I did RTFA and this is *not* that case but if you're such a pathetic person that you can't keep your word then you don't deserve to live on my planet. It's that simple really. If you KNOWINGLY sign a non-compete and then opt to violate it you're a shitbag. It's that simple, your word is nothing and you are nothing as a human being. If money means more than your word than you truly are the lowest of the lows.
This does *not* appear to be the case with this article but I, of course, don't have all the particulars. That doesn't alter my opinion of liars, dirtbags, and shitfucks. The only thing you have on the planet that you can take with you is your reputation. If you can't have a sense of honor then you're not fit for life.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Fuck off and die. You want to talk of government on one hand and then talk of rights on the other? What happened to a persons RIGHT to trust a person at their word or to call them a shitbag when it turned out they were liars who were incapable of being honest?
Really... I'm not posting this AC because I've been screwed by signing an NDA and a non-compete. Screwed in court even. Screwed from a company you probably know but that is not important. I took the screwing because, you know what, when it boiled down to it I had given my word though the words they used were quite different than I'd understood them to be. (I'd even read it.) I had the chance then to take it to a lawyer and make that choice. I did not. Out of greed I opted to take the money and sign the agreement.
Yes... I agreed.
Fuck off and be a man. When you do something stupid don't whine and feel entitled to change your mind. Man up and do the right thing. It sucks to do the right thing. That's why it is hard to be a good human.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."