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Jobs’, Schmidt’s, Otellini’s shady no-poaching agreements | OSNews

January 24, 2013

http://www.osnews.com/story/26726/Jobs_Schmidt_s_Otellini_s_shady_no-poaching_agreements A story of rather uncool corporate behaviour. It’s akin to cartels, which tend to also be outlawed in countries …read the rest

About a screw: not everything read on the Internet is true

August 14, 2012

Swedish media production company Day4 recently conducted an experiment on Internet media and the Apple community. They drew a screw …read the rest

Apple Abandons Environmental Certification

July 11, 2012

Apple has pulled its products off a U.S. government-backed registration of environmentally friendly electronics, see http://www.epeat.net/2012/07/news/wsj-cio-journal-apple-removes-green-electronics-certification-from-products/. EPEAT (created through funding …read the rest

Vendor abuse of authority, lock-in, and non-judicial policing

July 4, 2012

Picture this: “Sorry sir… yes, we sold you this hammer, but we really must insist that you only use brand …read the rest

What People Actually Buy

October 10, 2011

People don’t actually buy a product. And the marketing notion of “solutions” is not really something customers buy in to, …read the rest