| Apple's new iPod/iPhone czar Papermaster must stop work, says judge |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Monday, 10 November 2008 | |
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While IBM's filing asserts that it and Apple are competitors, a written declaration to the court by Papermaster paints a different story. He characterises IBM as "a global technology company that provides specialized products and services to its business customers" while APple : is in the business of designing, manufacturing and marketing consumer-oriented hardware and related products." And most specifically: "Until this litigation effort by IBM, aside from the divested IBM personal computer business and a single sale several years ago of Apple's Xserve product to a university, I do not recall a single instance of Apple being described as a competitor if IBM during my entire tenure at IBM." There was also a suggestion by IBM that Papermaster would in fact be working with Apple subsidiary PA Semi "to improve the Intel-based architecture used in its personal computer, and develop new servers and systems that would compete with IBM's product offerings." Papermaster discounts this, saying "That is certainly not the job I was hired for, which is limited to the iPod and the iPhone, Indeed, I have been advised by Apple that I will not be managing PA Semi assets in my role at Apple." What else did Papermaster have to say? See page 2. |
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