Comments on: Omerta

By: Alex Barnett blog

Alex Barnett blog — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:27:13 +0000

H2.0 and ‘the party to end all parties’

It is with dubious pride that I announce that this blog has joined the new Hack 2.0 Workgroup. The…

By: Lucien

Lucien — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:49:15 +0000

He would become famous overnight, but it might not pay the rent. In any case, Buzz, it’s probably a good call for now - I know I was looking forward to hearing your story, and I imagine a ton of other people were as well.

We’ll have to settle instead for reading your weblog, and playing with the next version of Soundtrack Pro.

By: Brent Simmons

Brent Simmons — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:21:08 +0000

I don’t envy you — it must have been a tough decision to make. (It sounds like it was the right decision.)

My hope is that Apple will start to become more open about stuff like this. Your appearance on CocoaRadio would have been good for Apple and would have been interesting for us listeners.

Perhaps, like water wearing down a stone, the web will slowly wear down Apple’s barriers. (I think it’s happening already, just that it’s slow.)

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:54:49 +0000

As usual, the complexity of the situation becomes clearer after a day passes and more details are revealed. You make some great points, especially about the double-edged nature of the “at will/right-to-work” environment in California.

I guess part of my reaction was based on failing to recognize that CocoaRadio, in addition to being just some guy who talks to people about nerdy Mac things, is in fact a part of “The Press.” That’s still funny to me, but I guess that’s my old grandpaish view of the world sneaking in.

Anyway, I appreciate the difficulty of your situation and I hope you can come to a good resolution. One tradeoff working (I think) in your favor is that if Apple actually decided to terminate your employment shortly after a hotly debated decision to do a CocoaRadio interview - you and CocoaRadio would become insanely famous overnight. “Apple Employee Fired for Podcasting.” I’m pretty sure they’ll avoid that headline at all costs.