If IBM succeeds in preventing Mark Papermaster to go to Apple, they will have to compensate him for this loss for chance. A federal judge estimated they should give him at least 3 million dollars in order to compensate for this prohibition.
If the sum appears high, it has to be seen in light of the high level of qualification and for a person who will not be able to work any more in a position suited to their competence for some time during which he will lose some of his expertise
[translation by crispin]
