Originally posted on December 21, 2007 @ 11:30 pm
Two years ago, thinksecret.com, a small unobtrusive website published details of a “basic” Macintosh computer called the Mac Mini a full two weeks before the product was to be announced and launched formally by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. This one-upmanship earned the ire of Apple bigwigs which led to the filing of a lawsuit against the site, thinksecret.com.
Two days after these series of events happened, Apple and the website (which is operated by college student Nick Ciarelli, who started the site when he was 13) have jointly announced that a settlement has been arrived at. The settlement does not reveal any sources.
No one is happier than Ciarelli, who said that he can now concentrate on his college studies and pursuing his journalism dreams. I still don’t understand how a big company like Apple could even exert the legal muscle for such a simple and I bet even harmless relaying of information. It’s not like the Mac Mini is a secret doomsday device or the solution to world hunger. I think this is another case of overreaction being rectified by more reasonable minds.