And he chose the latter.

https://www.theverge.com/news/631024/samsung-is-facing-a-do-or-die-survival-issue

I worked at US Web briefly right around the time they signed their first 10 affiliates and were starting to get picked up in the press. This article is absolutely correct about Mr Joe Cheese, er Firmage, in that he barely interacted with people, running in at the last moment, speaking ever so eloquently (especially over pronouncing the word "what"), and then leaving in an instant all for the sake of creating a dramatic effect. He surrounded himself with former Novell execs who were all yes men and would constantly kiss Joe's ass, except for perhaps the smartest man in the room, the CTO Sheldon Laube, who sometimes seemed annoyed with Joe, and unfortunately, all those yes men likely enabled Joe to become the conman he is today.

i thought that Apple's multitouch was acquired from Fingerworks, the company they bought back in 2005?

Are you referring to Sleepify by Vulfpeck? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepify

This article may be about this process where bands are uploaded so that they can be played back for the royalties.