p2pnet - rss feed: Apple Leopard uploaders fired
p2pnet.net News:- At least five Apple retail store employees are asking themselves if honesty is, after all, the best policy.
They were fired after downloading copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard distributed at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and “Dozens” more face termination, says Think Secret.
Leopard was showing up on the Net and, “The axed employees had apparently been overheard discussing their acquisition of Leopard with their co-workers, prompting Apple “corporate” to investigate after word reached Cupertino. The staffers were dismissed after admitting to acquiring the software illegally.
“All of us know that we violated our NDA and ethics policy,” an erstwhile Appler told Think Secret. “Therefore, because we had the character to tell the truth and to face the consequences of our actions, we were terminated. My only question is, if we all lied and denied it would we still be working at Apple today? Even more so, is that the kind of person that Apple wants working for them?”
It’s not known whether the employees collaborated on sharing copies of the unreleased operating system or if they acquired copies individually, the story adds.
Also See:
Think Secret - Leopard downloads prompt Apple retail firings, August 22, 2006
showing up - Apple Leopard ’secrets’ revealed, August 14, 2006
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August 22nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
It amazes me how successful Apple is when they do so many stupid things so often. Then again, Apple’s real success these days is not in the computer hardware market… People are just dumb.
August 23rd, 2006 at 4:52 am
“People are just dumb.”
Amen to that brother/sister.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:33 am
They should have been grateful that some of their employees were taking an interest in what the company was doing.
Cause I’m sure it’ll never happen again.