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> I believe the basis of the current Apple suit is that Jobs was planning
> the new venture and recruiting Apple employees while he was still
> an Apple employee, in fact still the Chairman of the Board at Apple.

It is also the case the Coporate Officers have more duties to the
company and fewer rights than the average employee.  This is called
Feduciary Duty (I hope that is spelled close to right...).

As a corporate officer, if Jobs did *ANYTHING* to diminish the
competitiveness and income of Apple, he would be failing in this
duty.  At that point he could be fired and/or sued.  The fact that
he owns a large block of the stock does not diminish his duties
to the other stockholders.
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