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Apple Rumor Casualty...

Saturday February 8, 2003 4:57 pm PST by Arnold Kim
The intense interest in Apple-related news and rumors is what fuels the Apple rumor scene... and frequently uncovers publically accessible information (Motorola PDFs, Toshiba 1.8" Drive Specs, 20.1" Apple LCD), though not always intentional.



However, this weblog (2:02pm Sat, Feb 8th) details an unfortunate casualty of this phenomenon, due to some screenshots that were publically accessible on the web:




    I lost my job at Apple yesterday. The job I held to the highest regard, the job where I had the most respect. It's gone. Here is the full story.


(see Sat, February 8th entry @ 2:02pm)
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Hemingray
118 months ago
That..... really.... sucks. I feel for that guy. :(
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edesignuk
118 months ago
Poor guy, must be absolutly gutted :(
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michaelyoung
118 months ago
Im not totally clear on what the shots were of.

Did anyone get that?

What was it that was seen?
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rubikcube
118 months ago
That really sucks. However, being a computer science person, he really should have known better.
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macktheknife
118 months ago
The poor kid was definitely negligent in leaving his files accessible to the web, but pbzone should have first and foremost contacted the guy directly before posting his info on their site. I think pbzone was very, very irresponsible. You just don't post a news article online telling the world who the leak is.

I hope that MacRumors will exercise more care in the future with their sources in light of this incident. Rumors are nice and fun for the rest of us, but for some, they mean real business and could lead to unintended consequences.
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The Wingnut
118 months ago
This is really sad. It's unfortunate that this person lost his job as a result of the actions of some members of the Mac rumor community. One would hope that this never happens again in the future. IMHO the folks at PBZone should be ashamed of themselves.

My profound sympathy goes out to the person who suffered from this event.
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macktheknife
118 months ago
I sent the kid an e-mail with my condolences. Is there anyone who owns a Mac store in North Carolina or know of anyone who owns one? The guy sounds like he really loves Mac, and it would be a great shame to lose such a salesman.
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jaykk
118 months ago
I saw the screenshorts, its of apple's internal applications. They have a nice VNC client. So sad to hear the news that he was terminated. I wish him good luck.
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voicegy
118 months ago
Thus speaks the power of the Non Disclosure Agreement. It's a tough break, but Adam is young and seems pretty together...he'll pull through it, and I wish him well. Very interesting post.

It can be a tangled Web out there....
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Niknar
118 months ago
I totally feel for this guy.

I hope someone at Apple relises this was on big mistake. He dose sound like he has good potential.

Also wtf were the people that posted his name and position in Apple thinking!?! anyone with one brain cell could have figured out he would get fired for this.

This shows that rumors can go to far.

I hope we all learn from this.
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