You wouldn¡¯t have exactly called the late Steve Jobs a ¡°man of letters,¡± but he certainly loved a searing email. One of Apple¡¯s co-founder¡¯s most famous writings is this 2005 memo to Bruce Chizen, Adobe¡¯s chief executive officer at the time.

Bruce:

Adobe is recruiting from Apple. They have hired one person already and are calling lots more. I have a standing policy with our recruiters that we don¡¯t recruit from Adobe. It seems you have a different policy. One of us must change our policy. Please let me know who. Steve