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Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the petty-jealousy dept.

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.'"

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  1. Is this Dilbert or Slashdot? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    An executive named Papermaster?

    1. Re:Is this Dilbert or Slashdot? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

      An executive named Papermaster?

      Just another nail in the coffin of the Paperless Office.

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  2. Time to get rehired by sleeponthemic · · Score: 4, Funny

    As "food and beverage technician".

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  3. Slave by GrahamCox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next, he'll be changing his name to 'squiggle' and carving 'Slave' on his face. That usually works.

  4. What kind of an idiot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...starts litigation against a guy named Papermaster?

  5. Competition? by goodmanj · · Score: 3, 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.

  6. Re:Money grubbers by mikael · · Score: 3, 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.

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  7. Re:states rights! by Hungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    These days? In court? Likely Wikipedia.

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  8. Now he's just like every other IBM employee by gelfling · · Score: 2, Funny

    Working for zero wages and being told to be happy they have that job. Awesome.

  9. Re:Compensation? by deanston · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's what I think happened:
    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).