But...literally part of the explanation is this email and what it represents?
Apple participated in an illegal anti-competitive anti-worker chilling of the market.
If they hadn't, perhaps some of the people that worked on iPhone over the next decade might have joined Palm, and improved it.
Instead, Apple retained them and artificially deflated their wages at the same time.
Don't get me wrong, Palm is still more to blame. But...there's a reason Jobs perpetuated this policy. He knew the value one or two key people can make in changing the entire history of product and technology.
Apple participated in an illegal anti-competitive anti-worker chilling of the market.
If they hadn't, perhaps some of the people that worked on iPhone over the next decade might have joined Palm, and improved it.
Instead, Apple retained them and artificially deflated their wages at the same time.
Don't get me wrong, Palm is still more to blame. But...there's a reason Jobs perpetuated this policy. He knew the value one or two key people can make in changing the entire history of product and technology.