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There was a (corrected) error in a story this morning that mixed together the raid on the FoxConn employee's house in China with this story, and so I read it incorrectly. It had implied that a home was raided by the company (which happened in China) . So my bad.Originally Posted by DaveF Whose house did Apple raid? The police executed a search warrant on the Gizmodo's guy's house. But I've not heard of Apple doing any trespassing.
As for the iPad guy: he willfully violated the terms of his employment. He didn't lose the iPad. He purposefully showed a product that had not been revealed in public. It's not surprising he was fired.
It's not uncommon to be required to keep information secret not just from non-employees, but also from fellow employees not working on the project. Had this happened in a closed room, perhaps he wouldn't have been fired. But he violated policy publicly, so that Woz was photographed with it! (as Ken pointed out). It was certainly not done with malice, but it was a huge error. I'm not surprised he was fired.Originally Posted by mattCR
As to the "willingfully violated the terms of his employment" hogwash. One employee showed a model to another employee, and not just an employee, but someone, whether real or not, still draws an apple paycheck and is listed on their "Technology advisory committee".