Palm CEO Ed Colligan to Steve Jobs in 2007: "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."
Big fan of Steve and his work at Apple and Pixar, but this collusion and his efforts to threaten and compel other companies into compliance is certainly one of the darker aspects of his legacy.
Palm CEO Ed Colligan to Steve Jobs in 2007: "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."
To Colligan's credit, Palm did not end up participating in this collusion by tech companies between 2005 and 2009 to refrain from recruiting each other's employees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation
Big fan of Steve and his work at Apple and Pixar, but this collusion and his efforts to threaten and compel other companies into compliance is certainly one of the darker aspects of his legacy.
Jobs vs. Colligan, fascinating clash of wills.