Former Apple employee sent iPhone, Leopard delay emails
We’re all familiar with the iPhone and Leopard delay rumors that hit the great wide interweb last Wednesday which was told almost minute by minute on several websites. There is much speculation as to what happened and Apple is launching an internal investigation to find out.
The most well known site to cover this rumor was Engadget which is responsible for costing Apple almost $4 billion for their erroneous reporting.
The fake email was indeed sent internal to Apple but the source remains a mystery. Speculation is once again running rampant and will continue to do so until the real offender is caught. There appears to be some that would blame a former perhaps even disgruntled Apple employee according to MacRumors.
Let’s hope that Apple’s internal investigation turns up something and that its policy regarding former employees is somewhat tightened should that be the case. Maybe cutting off access to corporate email for starters, of course any system can be hacked.
The damage to Apple was already done by the time Engadget had posted the story, even though they eventually corrected themselves, it was too late. I think Apple should sue Engadget for that $4 billion and I would be right there, watching.
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May 22nd, 2007
Sue Engadget that would not be good, they are the best tech Blog on the Net. So they made a mistake and did their best to correct it. Give them a break.
May 22nd, 2007
Interesting that a site repeating a rumor with no evidence (”Former Apple employee sent iPhone, Leopard delay emails”) thinks Engadget should be sued. Pot, meet kettle.
May 22nd, 2007
Care to elaborate on how the erroneous report cost Apple $4 billion?
May 22nd, 2007
Yes, I am with JG, how is it you think this cost Apple anything?
I am astonished at how little tech sites know about business.
A lot of individuals may have lost money and a lot also made a bunch if they bought at the low point. At any rate it had not effect on Apple, Inc.
May 22nd, 2007
Apple says it was not an internal email. Engadget says it was an internal email.
I see you believe Engadget over Apple. That would be okay, except you say, “The fake email was indeed sent internal to Apple”, like it is fact rather than Engadget’s (any your) disputed opinion.
It’s “journalism” like that that is at the root of the controversy. Too bad that is no such thing as a reverse-class-action lawsuit, where a plaintiff sues a class of defendents – in this case the irresponsible blog-sphere.
May 22nd, 2007
Stock fluctuation actually isn’t real money, so there was nothing lost in tangible worth.
I’m a journalist and if I were to get a mail like that AND I could positively prove that a mail was transmitted on the internal Apple mail system (taking into account that headers can be forged, so it would be pretty hard if not impossible) I would probably have run with the story as well, provided I could get confirmation from another source.
[Since one source isn't a source]
May 23rd, 2007
Yes, it’s a rumor BUT I didn’t get it from Engadget, I also got the information that it was an internal email from MacRumors, NOT Engadget.
The thing with Engadget, I don’t believe they confirm anything before reporting it, not that I would know, one mistake… Engadget has a long list of mistakes on my list.
Where did Apple say it was not an internal email? Okay so the email was sent to an internal mail server but could have originated from anywhere, it still went INTERNAL to the company.
An email was sent to Apple, was it not? Fact, or as close as we come to facts in these matters.
May 24th, 2007
The only issue here would be if the rumor turned out to be true and Apple did somehow delay the iPhone – very big if. If this was the case then Apple would have a lot of explaining to do. This is just conjecture and likely farther from the truth then anything that was posted by the Blog.