All you need to do is ask the Mercury personnel how miserable they are in the HP environment to learn that although Charnas might have secured the deal the M&A might not prove to be all that hot. Besides, the persona of Apple is so different from Charnas has to offer. Apple used to be special..now it is becoming like every other large corporation. Sad.

Did they use headlights and a scatter gun?

Please. They offered the guy a job and he took it.

That was my comment also. Poaching is very different from hiring. Another misleading "Faux News"-style headline. Can we reign these in a bit?

I disagree with both of you, but changed it nonetheless cause I'm really growing tired of the constant bitching on this forum over nonsense. I hope this satisfies you guys.

Charnas was an 18-year employee of HP who was sought out and lured away with incentives.

In the future, if you have an objection to a headline, a paragraph, a misplaced comma, the number of words we include in a link, etc, please just mail me at kasper (at) appleinsider (dot) com instead tarnishing our discussion threads. OK?

Thank you and enjoy your weekend, guys,

K

Man, you must live in a world of disgruntals.

Lawyers taste better when they're pan-roasted instead of poached.

In my opinion, no one is "above the law" on a public forum like this, so it can only improve things when inaccuracies (even perceived inaccuracies) are criticized.

No one is interested in "tarnishing" AppleInsider Kasper. We criticize because we care.

Enjoy your weekend too, Kasper.

I know you're all bickering about the title of the article, but really you're all missing what is clearly Apple's secret agenda. Tired of dealing with the music industry colluding to take away their market share, they're building their own record company... they aren't hiring a lawyer; they're hiring a fantastic guitarist!

just wait until you hear his first big single... brought to you exclusively from itunes!

oh, and have a great weekend (I hope this isn't a new trend)

Ok, that makes no sense. Apple is a not tainted because they hired a guy who orchestrated a merger that--like most mergers--led to some discomfort to the staff of the no-longer-independent company? Whatever.

Isn't the much more interesting point that Apple just hired a guy with experience with large scale mergers into a position that was vacant for the better part of a decade. It has to make one at least curious about this as a strategic move. It certainly better positions Apple to use their huge cash stockpile to buy important companies (as opposed to small software development groups). I'm not making a prediction, but Apple better positioned to acquire a company like TiVo then they were before they hired this dude. I doubt that's a coincidence. (On the other hand I won't be surprised if a year from now we learn that he as left Apple because there were no major acquisitions even being considered.)

p.s. have a good weekend

You mean they didn't boil him in water?

Please. Words have more than one meaning. If you can't adjust to that, maybe you need to learn and use some other language. I'm not sure if such a language exists though.