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Judge Says IBM Exec Can't Switch to Apple (For Now)
IBM claims that Papermaster is contractually prevented from working
for a competitor -- in this case Apple -- for at least one year after
he leaves IBM. Non-compete clauses are commonly used by corporation to
protect them from executives taking trade secrets to another company.
Papermaster contend that IBM and Apple don't compete, so there's no problem with him accepting the offer.
The offer came out of the blue from a corporate headhunter, according to Information Week. Papermaster's move to Apple has spurred speculation that Apple could start designing its own processor chips for computers and portable devices, rather than licensing them from other companies.
His chip expertise and knowledge of the latest server technology could come in handy for Apple as it moves from a "download and transfer" music model to models that access music in the cloud in a way more similar to the way people listen to music at a desktop.
By Eliot Van Buskirk for Wired.com
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