21.08.2009 02:05 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

Former Palm boss spurned Jobs non-employee poaching deal?

Former Palm CEO, Ed Colligan, spurned an approach from Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, when the latter proposed both refrain from hiring each other’s employees. Colligan had the conversation with Jobs in August 2007,  Bloomberg reports. He refused the request, saying: “Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other’s employees, regardless of the individual’s desires, is not only wrong, it is likely illegal.” The conversation took place two months after Apple’s introduction of the iPhone, shortly after Palm hired former Apple exec, Jon Rubinstein (now Palm CEO), to aid development new smartphones. Jobs told Colligan he was concerned Rubi

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