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Apple and Google Face Salary-Fixing Lawsuit
beaverdownunder writes "Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel have been accused of maintaining an agreement not to poach each other's staff, thus restricting increases in salary and restricting career development. California District Judge Lucy Koh has found that the plaintiffs have adequately demonstrated antitrust injury. Sparked by a request from the late Steve Jobs, from 2005 to 2007 the defendants had a 'no cold-call' policy of staff recruitment amongst themselves. Jobs is also alleged to have threatened Palm with litigation for not entering into a 'no cold-call' agreement with Apple." Besides the companies named above, Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm are also involved.
"a nice whopper of an evil"
This belongs on the karma-whoring hall of fame list.
1. See google do something
2. scream about how it's "EVIL" using whatever tortured interpretation you need
3. Profit in karma you have whored.
no ? necessary.
The sad thing is, if you think about it for one second, it's not the least bit interesting or insightful at all.
For Romney, Santorum, and Paul, the government is attacking the FREEDOM of Google and Apple.
"Corporations are people too!" That's what they say.
That's the kind of freedom they're talking about.
Seems like you're the one crying. You're the one resorting to Ad Hominem and shouty letters. You seem quite upset.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking