Mark Papermaster begins work at Apple on April 24th, for real this time
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jan 27th 2009 4:33PM
posted Jan 27th 2009 4:33PM
Well, it looks like the long saga of Mark Papermaster's transition from IBM to Apple is now finally drawing to a close, with the two companies each issuing press releases today announcing that the pesky legal issues have been resolved and that Papermaster is cleared to begin work on April 24th. He'll be replacing Tony Fadell as head of Apple's iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams, and will boast the title of senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting directly to Steve Jobs. Dueling press releases are below.
Read - Apple, "Mark Papermaster to Begin at Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering on April 24"
Read - IBM, "IBM Resolves Lawsuit against Former Employee Mark D. Papermaster"
[Via Mac Rumors]
Read - Apple, "Mark Papermaster to Begin at Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering on April 24"
Read - IBM, "IBM Resolves Lawsuit against Former Employee Mark D. Papermaster"
[Via Mac Rumors]
Okay.
is it true that the new mac mini i've been waiting forever for is going to have an atom processor? how lame, apple can't get shit right
Well, the fact that you've been waiting for an Apple product forever actually rather suggest that Apple can do a lot more than to get a shit right...
loocas, not if it's keeping him from buying. Rumors are a double-edged sword for companies.
erm, meant mixed blessing. too tired.
My eyes are bad since I'm seeing three steve's in that picture.
Funny you mentioned that - they actually formed a band called 'The 3 Steves". They're on iTunes (obviously). Somebody got drunk at a gig and hit Steve with a guitar, which is why he's been hospitalised.
If you look at that picture close enough you can see the new iPhone 4g.
wrong!
Obviously you can't see it because they're cutting Steve up in the operating room because he needs to deliver the iPhone 4G by C-section.. different from the 1st and 2nd gen which were delivered naturally..
the doctor called, says it's black!
Way too much information about an otherwise unknown hardware engineer's employment dispute.
exactly
An unknown hardware engineer with cool name !
I figured you should have crossed Steve out of that picture too. I'm glad you didn't, but I am a little surprised.
Ack! I meant "would" not "should." Need edit button.
PC and Mac in harmony and peace again... I think... no?
Macs and PCs in harmony? Lord no! Stick to the easy stuff, like fixing the Middle East.
I think Rubenstein should have an X too. He's not only not at Apple, but he's a-feudin' with them.
The picture would have been funnier if you'd used the X from Mac OS X Leopard
when I type "papermaster" into wikipedia, I'm redirected to "Read or Die" and informed that a papermaster is a person with the ability to control and influence paper.
sort of like how a dungeon master is one with the ability to control and influence dorks.
Wikipedia is not a reliable source
@ Mauricio
Liar! Janis Joplin did too speed walk everywhere and have a fear of toliets!
Jon Rubinstein should be X out too. He is at Palm.
Papermaster is the best surname. Ever.
No. Blizzard is. You don't mess with a Blizzard.
No.... That would be O'Doyle...
If a Yiddish woman and a Greek man have a baby and call him Lazer Kronos, you guys are gonna be so one-upped.
he would make very good friends with scissormaster and rockmaster
@ Derek
Are you kidding? They'd always be fighting, and rockmaster would win everytime. Rock always wins!
@Tankyu
but how would rockmaster be able to beat papermaster?
O'Doyle Rules!
why is engadget not posting anything about the "apple wins multitouch" patent today?
They and Gizmodo are sitting on the story.
Maybe they dont know the proper spin to put on it without looking like they are hypocrites or in the tank for Apple?
Look for it maybe around 2 AM.
I think it's pretty clear engadget doesn't care if they appear to be in the tank for Apple.
If they do care, they've done an awful job of hiding it!
My guess is because TUAW has an article on it already, and they didn't feel they had to duplicate the efforts of another AOL news blog site. Wish it was like this more often...
He starts work on my birthday. I guess ill allow it.
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when's your birthday?
Wow, what a last name. Hopefully, this new guy don't mess nothin' up too much.
I'm pretty certain he won't mess the paper supplies up.
Engadget, just cross out Jobs as well.. You know you want to!
Ahh...another guy to clean up the place while Steve does everything else!
You guys all know that Steve Jobs does *everything* at Apple, right? Right??!!
If so, then who is doing everything while he's taking time off?
He's still doing everything, but he has to use a prototype telekinesis device he brought with him from the campus.
Nice... We have a man on the inside now. Incoming virus' for all Apple users.
iphone hardware division.... could this possibly mean A2DP?
I think it's great that they have receding hairlines, but are self confident enough not to go for the full bald head shave. Or get hair implants.
Or wear a hat all the time like the Edge ;)
Will we get copy and paste now?
Making iPhones is serious business.
That picture is probably at least two years old. Jon Rubenstein is in that pic and he's been at Palm for almost two years now.
And Steve has a bit of meat in his cheeks.
so basicly the new guy is going to sneek ibm tech int o apple bye changing it alittle and adding an apple logo on top
And this is interesting how.....? We have a new tea lady at work. Lolita will work Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Try harder Donaldinho, cmon :p
Ugh, shut the fuck up. You can thank IBM for making computers the way they are today.
Well iPhone did get outsold by WinMo devices,
So you account for this how again....?
I think Papermaster should sue IBM for lost wages.