[Glenn]

How do you know the Apple employee who “lost it” didn’t actually sell it? How do you know Apple got it back before proprietary information was sold?

For that matter, how do I know Apple didn't have the employee "lose" the prototype on purpose to provide publicity worth millions of dollars?

If you are going to speculate, might as well speculate big, eh?

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

For that matter, how do I know Apple didn't have the employee "lose" the prototype on purpose to provide publicity worth millions of dollars?

Well, that's why you have an "investigation" going on... doncha know ... LOL ... you can bet that all parties are going to be questioned on all aspects of this case...

But, my bet is that when the police investigation is done, you're gonna find one particular guy, who knowingly bought this property, charged with a crime ... ooops...

[editor-surveyor]

“For that matter, how do I know Apple didn’t have the employee “lose” the prototype on purpose to provide publicity worth millions of dollars?”

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I think that those of us with IQs above the melting point of H2O can agree that this is the most likely scenario.

This was obvious from the first moment. The “loss” was so unlikely as to be dismissed at first glance.
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