On Monday, February 29, 2016, Erik Moeller <eloquence@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eloquence@gmail.com');> wrote:
The Apple dictionary integration Brion mentions in [4] is an exception to the rule; contrary to Brion's recollection it actually predates even Sue Gardner and, as far as I know, was not announced at the time.
Double checking my email archives I can confirm it was 2006 not 2008, yes. (That was the year before we hired Sue, and a time when we had no professional business development people, just informal connections made via board or the acting ED at the time.) The Apple deal was indeed the exception that confirmed our commitment to the rule.
-- brion