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		villgax 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia buys $5B in Intel You might want to re-read about that Apple-Microsoft incident. Quicktime got stolen by an ex-Apple employee & in return Apple had Microsoft commit money & promise to have Office suite available on macOS/OS X

andirk 3 months ago [–]

According to [0] it was a contractor working for both Apple and Microsoft. Not an ex-Apple employee but still an interesting read, if true.

[0] https://thisdayintechhistory.com/12/06/apple-sues-over-quick...

AtlasBarfed 3 months ago | [–]

Wouldn't we call that industrial espionage not a contract, not simple contracting?

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