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The only "trade secret" that was revealed was that a new product is about to be released and the "possible" configuration. Someone form inside the Mac organization leaked the info. Jobs has good cause to fire them.

"Industry watchers" across many product lines outside of computers let the cats out of the bags all the time. The auto industry is a good example. Inside sources and photogs camp out at testing grounds all the time repoting on new unreleased products.

The federal governement is probably the worst at keeping secrets. Before information was officially released, there were pictures and general specs on the F-22 Raptor floating around in trade magazines and airplane newsgroups. I remember reading about the plane a couple years early in a third rate "science" magazine. Noone was fired nor were there any lawsuits brought against anyone for the leak.

Sorry Steve but you donot have the right to step on the frist amendment simply because you cannot control your employees. Having said that, I do not agree with the publication of these type of stories but the rules and laws in the CONSTITUTION of the United States trumps what I believe evry time.
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Yup  Jeff Spicoli | 01/10/05
Orchestration  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Just like their "deal" with U2...  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
Not quite  tic swayback | 01/10/05
I was getting at...  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
Are people really that out of it?  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Fair enough [NT]  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
I will add, though...  Omch'Ar | 01/11/05
And also this...  Omch'Ar | 01/12/05
And this...  Omch'Ar | 01/12/05
If...  BitTwiddler | 01/10/05
as tic said  Monkey_MCSE | 01/10/05
Or perhaps Apple is doing this to smoke out a mole?  Laff | 01/10/05
Making a mountain out of a molehill?  d_jedi | 01/10/05
This is not going anywhere  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
Apple MUST lose this one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Scandals draw attention = dirty boost of sales.  Vily Clay | 01/10/05
Godwinned  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Oh so you want to sue Apple  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
The way I look at buisness is this. Buisness as a rule  Laff | 01/10/05
Hmmm maybe.  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
Wow.  Vily Clay | 01/11/05
How about for a supposed "Friendly" Company  Mectron | 01/10/05
Nothing to do with trade secrets  PA-ITGuy | 01/10/05
Heh heh heh...As good a guess as any!  Laff | 01/10/05
Only if Apple weren't such a control freak,  low-life | 01/10/05
Nothing new  tic swayback | 01/10/05
RE: Nothing new  low-life | 01/10/05
I see  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Jobs on stage:  dave95 | 01/10/05
Rumors both hurt and help!  dave95 | 01/10/05
This is information obtained illegally?  mlindl | 01/10/05
Define a "Trade Secret"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Here you go  Letophoro | 01/11/05
bad press is better than no press at all  zeusfuse | 01/11/05
Leak about cheap mac is mischief of worst sort  GFW_z | 01/11/05

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