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I am under the impression that the information that this suit could have revealed about Mr Jobs' character was potentially far more damaging than any settlement or award the defendants might have to pay.

To put it another way, I get the impression that settlement here is primarily for PR damage control, and only secondarily for limiting what the defendants must ultimately pay.

Does this idea have any support? If I am wrong, please tell me why.

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If I am wrong, please tell me why.

I don't think your necessarily wrong that it would make him look bad, but it would have to be some really extraordinary revelations to make his character look worse than he already does. Maybe it would mean more widespread exposure of his real character, but for all the praise that can be thrown at him, anyone paying attention is already aware he was an all-around petulant asshole willing to act immorally and illegally to get his way.

I agree that the settlement is mainly about damage control. I also think the company most affected by said negative PR is Google.

I'm still waiting for Eric to apologize to the recruiter who was fired for contacting an Apple employee and for Jonathan Rosemberg to have the decency of resigning.

What do you mean by "Jonathan Rosemberg"? I think he already resigned from Google.

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