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by dribnet 4497 days ago
tl;dr:

  jobs: let's not hire each other's employees anymore, m-kay?
  colligan (Palm CEO): thanks steve, but no thanks.
  jobs: have you seen our patents and pile of cash, ed?
        you're entering a world of pain.
2 comments

The second line should read.

colligan (Palm CEO): thanks steve, but no thanks. also, sure that's not legal.

So Apple believes that they have eternal rights to their employees once they paid for their time once... Not a good sign for their customers.
To be fair, it was found that the rest of Silicon Valley (Google, Adobe, Microsoft etc) were doing the same thing.