[parasubvert]

I guess it depends if you view this as a general case of anti trust non-poaching or a specific case one of Jobs' inner circle soliciting his former colleagues. In California it's allowed, but not everywhere. Jobs was trying to use what he had available to dissuade the practice.

Might be anti trust, might not. I don't think it was immoral or appalling to try, assuming Apple's lawyers weighed the risk.

[kbenson]

Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but defining an action as immoral based on a risk evaluation from lawyers seems to miss the point of the word entirely.

[parasubvert]

You're right. I originally had "nor a bad business decision" before that last bit, but somehow that didn't come across.

Risk evaluation has nothing to do with morality (Exhibit A, GM and cost/benefit analysis on seatbelts).