From the linked article, it was a press release, not just to his employees.
reply> The incident began Monday when ATI, which supplies graphics cards for all Apple's current models, issued a four-paragraph news release that stated its Radeon processor would be featured in three new Mac models -- none of which were announced by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) until CEO Steve Jobs' Wednesday morning keynote address.
Sounds like a bit of a dick...
replyGoing scorched earth was kind of Steve’s thing.
replyThey unilaterally issued a press release about Apple's upcoming release.
replyThat's kinda a no-no for partnerships.
One word: "Courage"
replyNot sure I understand? Sounds like a temper tantrum to me.
reply> and never partnering with ATI again.
replyExcept of course shipping ATI hardware for years afterwards, then also using nvidia, then dropping nvidia and only using ATI/AMD until transitioning to Apple Silicon.
Also Steve Jobs Apple is probably much different than today's Apple.
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