Thats what he's going to do first thing. What Apple should also do is get rid of the 8GB model. They should be stepping up in storage capacity over time. I would love to have an 80GB iPod Touch.
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Mark Papermaster to Begin Work at Apple on April 24th
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Thats what he's going to do first thing. What Apple should also do is get rid of the 8GB model. They should be stepping up in storage capacity over time. I would love to have an 80GB iPod Touch.
You can also see it this way: it was in the best interest of MS to keep at least another commercial end-user OS alive (after killing the rest: DR-DOS, OS/2, ...), otherwise MS would have received the AT&T-Bell treatment.
MS is far from dead, but it is also in a position where the best they can do is to try to maintain their dominance (they are losing ground albeit very slowly) or try to control other markets (so far they have failed in this).
Isn't anyone else wondering why he's reporting to Steve Jobs if Steve's not returning until the summer?
Steve Jobs is still the CEO during this "leave of absence," he just isn't showing up to work on a daily basis, so to speak.
That's a common misconception, but it is markedly untrue. While general noncompetes have been eliminated as both a statutory and a practical matter, there are a great many signed and upheld in California for particularly sensitive positions and where the NDA is precisely tailored to protect industrial property.
Directly contradicting your point, yes. If the court had thrown out the NDA, there would in fact be nothing to sign, much less a declaration swearing compliance with the NDA.
There is little question in this case that Papermaster would, in the end, be held to some version, albeit likely edited by the court, of an NDA operating for up to one year (hence the October 2009 closing date). This is motivation for Apple to settle, and for IBM, getting assurance of its due confidentiality is the only reason they're litigating, so settlement works beautifully for them, as well.
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Back on track.
Wow. Biggest patent troll of all time. No wonder Papermaster left.
Back on track.
Wow. Biggest patent troll of all time. No wonder Papermaster left.
What kind of things did this papermaster fellow do at IBM?
Is there going to be any overlap between what he did for IBM and what he will be doing for Apple? If there is I wonder if we'll be hearing about this sometime in the future with IBM filing a lawsuit against Apple and papermaster.
Is there going to be any overlap between what he did for IBM and what he will be doing for Apple? If there is I wonder if we'll be hearing about this sometime in the future with IBM filing a lawsuit against Apple and papermaster.
So, instead of creating a new "ANOTHER ONE OF THESE ZOMG!!!" threads. I'll just ask here instead.
I know a lot of members here and on other forums are "speculating" there will be a new version of iPhone in June. So much so that I'm believing this myself.
And I'm thinking beyond just a capacity bump.
With this new guy coming in a couple months before June in charge of "hardware" what are the chances of seeing a new hardware revised version this summer? Ya know, faster processor, capacity bump, more RAM? Quad-Core? Yea, prolly unlikely. PA Semi chips? Maaaybe.
I mean could Tony Fadell be the one behind a new phone for this year or is this Papermaster gonna come in and have a clean pallette to work with? Do you get what I'm saying?
I know a lot of members here and on other forums are "speculating" there will be a new version of iPhone in June. So much so that I'm believing this myself.
And I'm thinking beyond just a capacity bump.
With this new guy coming in a couple months before June in charge of "hardware" what are the chances of seeing a new hardware revised version this summer? Ya know, faster processor, capacity bump, more RAM? Quad-Core? Yea, prolly unlikely. PA Semi chips? Maaaybe.
I mean could Tony Fadell be the one behind a new phone for this year or is this Papermaster gonna come in and have a clean pallette to work with? Do you get what I'm saying?
They sued him for violating his noncompetition agreement ... because he was going to work for the competion and/or customer of IBM.
So they did break a big portion of the noncompetition agreement -- upholding the NDA section.
Edit: really hurts IBM since it turned a 1 year noncompete into a 6 month one, so who gets the 3 million dollars the court was holding.
I would bet (but could be wrong) that the P.A. semi iphone will be the iphone after next.
It's rather slow going when one is creating hardware.*
*portions of PA semi such as better battery life could make it but it really depends on if apple wants to ship their next iphone in June or not, which means the HW needs to be done in a couple of months at best.
No, this is not accurate. A noncompetition agreement does not mean you can't compete with your former employer--anyone with a given skill set is going to be hired to utilize that skill set and thus will inevitably be competing with his former job. A noncompetition agreement is designed to prevent improper competition, in an efficient, effective, and manifestly fair manner.
As a result of corporations taking advantage of the arrangement and forcing noncompetes on non-sensitive employees, and gradually expanding the terms so as to make it difficult for employees to leave, they were proscribed in California and several other states, but always with exceptions. This has the effect of forcing the employer to demonstrate the need for the agreement, rather than forcing the employee to prove its unfairness, which is known as burden-shifting in the legal profession.
Your pronouns are incorrect. 'They', meaning IBM, sued for a violation of the noncompete. 'They', meaning the court, did not "break" a big portion of the noncompete--it's still in force, as Papermaster is still not permitted to compete improperly. When you settle something, it involves compromise on the original terms, and IBM accepting a sworn declaration in lieu of a one-year sabbatical means that everyone walks away a winner--if the value proposition of the settlement is a loss, it isn't agreed to by a rational actor.
The purpose of the noncompete is to protect industrial property, and the means by which it does that is through an NDA and prohibiting close-sector employment. If IBM can protect its interests through an alternative arrangement, it wins. Getting a court order for every sensitive former employee is not possible, which is why the general prohibition on employment is part of the separation terms. They are all simply proxies of the goal.
It doesn't hurt IBM at all. They protected their interests to their satisfaction, hence the resolution of the litigation. There is no intrinsic value to the one-year employment bar. No one gets the money. It will remain in escrow until the one-year period ends and IBM is satisfied that Papermaster upheld his obligations. The bond will then return to Apple.
That's kind of what I was thinking myself.
Maybe if it were going to happen, as you said it would have to be done in a couple months, then maybe a couple more months for inside testing and so on then be ready for a June announcement.
Hmmmm.
Um.....excuse me please. I've become impatient and stressed out in general lately so all I want to know is will Papermaster coming on board in April effect any product launches for this year? I would think not correct?
My point is that I want my freakin mactouch super ipod touch deluxe with oled folding screen this year. Preferably NOW AS IN......RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!111
My point is that I want my freakin mactouch super ipod touch deluxe with oled folding screen this year. Preferably NOW AS IN......RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!111
I'm sure the cost still seemed like a good investment to Apple. I mean when a lot of companies are struggling to get loans to keep cash flow going, Apple is sitting on what, 28 billion in cash now? Probably a lot more bang for their buck paying of IBM vs buying out some other small company.
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Man... Too bad nobody knows who Apple is...
I gotta go with bornonbord on this one.
BornAgainMac said: "I don't even think of IBM has a technology leading company anymore. I wonder if Microsoft will join the ranks of IBM in the 20's."
Bornonbord said: "Hrm... gonna have to disagree with you there." http://i.gizmodo.com/5131075/ibm-first-company-to-win-4000-patents-in-a-year-more-than-microsoft-and-intel-combined
Yeah, I gotta go with bornonbord. I don't know what gizmodo has against IBM, but they are actually pretty generous with opening up their patents. Before moving to Macs I was using OS/2, so kept up with IBM news. Its not uncommon for them to patent a technology, then while opening up the patent for others to use, IBM will push to have it adopted as a standard. It helps to keep format wars to a minimum. They also will adopt open source technologies, and contribute their changes back. A lot of the early Netscape code was theirs, and now they are working with Open Office. Look up Lotus Symphony, for instance.
IBM decided a long time ago that they didn't so much want to sell you a "thing" as much as they wanted to sell you a contract to service whatever "things" you decided to use. So, Lotus Symphony is free - but they are hoping a really big company will pay them to install and maintain it for them. etc etc The Lotus Symphony deal, by the way, means that IBM has decided to try and make money off of Macs in the enterprise, IMHO.
A behemoth, yes..... but a mostly benign one.
BornAgainMac said: "I don't even think of IBM has a technology leading company anymore. I wonder if Microsoft will join the ranks of IBM in the 20's."
Bornonbord said: "Hrm... gonna have to disagree with you there." http://i.gizmodo.com/5131075/ibm-first-company-to-win-4000-patents-in-a-year-more-than-microsoft-and-intel-combined
Yeah, I gotta go with bornonbord. I don't know what gizmodo has against IBM, but they are actually pretty generous with opening up their patents. Before moving to Macs I was using OS/2, so kept up with IBM news. Its not uncommon for them to patent a technology, then while opening up the patent for others to use, IBM will push to have it adopted as a standard. It helps to keep format wars to a minimum. They also will adopt open source technologies, and contribute their changes back. A lot of the early Netscape code was theirs, and now they are working with Open Office. Look up Lotus Symphony, for instance.
IBM decided a long time ago that they didn't so much want to sell you a "thing" as much as they wanted to sell you a contract to service whatever "things" you decided to use. So, Lotus Symphony is free - but they are hoping a really big company will pay them to install and maintain it for them. etc etc The Lotus Symphony deal, by the way, means that IBM has decided to try and make money off of Macs in the enterprise, IMHO.
A behemoth, yes..... but a mostly benign one.
Microsoft is...dead? Really? Please, explain further. This should be good.MS IS DEAD. So I don't think they will join any ranks anytime soon, apart from perhaps a posthumous sponsoring of a Grateful Dead concert...
Apple has announced that Mark Papermaster will begin work at Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering on April 24th, 2009.
Papermaster was recruited to Apple from IBM in October 2008, but IBM filed a lawsuit to block the hiring, claiming that Papermaster had violated his employment contract with IBM by leaving to work for a competitor. A U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction in early November that has prevented Papermaster from beginning work at Apple until the lawsuit was resolved.
In today's press release, Apple reports that the litigation between Papermaster and IBM has been resolved, clearing the way for Papermaster to assume his position at Apple. Papermaster replaces former iPod Division chief Tony Fadell, who stepped down in early November 2008, although he remains an advisor to Apple.
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This guy must be good if IBM were going to such lengths to stop him from working for Apple.
I'm gonna do a little research on the guy later when I get home but the way you all are talking about him, this must be a bad BAD MAN!
Ya know...
...escpecially if he's gonna give me my quadcore, 5mp, 32gb, double RAM iPhone 3G just a short two months after he's been working there!
I thought Obama was doing that...