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M51DPS

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microsoft employee sacked
« on: 30 October 2003, 23:39 »
Apparently, somoneone working at microsoft was fired because they posted a picture on his blog of some G5's being delivered to a microsoft print shop. Read the article here.

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« Reply #1 on: 30 October 2003, 23:50 »
speachless

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« Reply #2 on: 30 October 2003, 23:54 »
Weak. It sounds like to me he just wanted pictures of g5's being deliverd to a ms bulding. whats the harm in that. I would do the exact same thing.

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« Reply #3 on: 31 October 2003, 04:46 »
This is insane. Unfortunately, it's not surprising that freedom of speach is in such a bad state, with laws like the Patriot Act and the DMCA.

I really feel sorry for him. I hope he finds another job soon. Perhaps at Apple?

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« Reply #4 on: 31 October 2003, 08:09 »
that'd be awesome if Apple hired him. if the dude ended up on stage with the Steve and together they insulted MS and threw hatchets at a picture of bill
Go the fuck ~

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« Reply #5 on: 31 October 2003, 08:14 »
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'To my mind, it's an innocuous post. The presence of Macs on the Microsoft campus isn't a secret (for everything from graphic design work to the Mac Business Unit) and when I took the picture, I made sure to stand with my back to the building so that nothing other than the computers and the truck would be shown - no building features, no security measures, and no Microsoft personnel.'
Microsoft sacks employee for G5 photograph



Microsoft acting in a petty, childish, vindictive manner? WHUDDA SURPRISE!   :eek:

This Michael Hanson should have known better, after all, he's been on the "inside", knows all about the corporate culture.     They'd never admit that Winderz isn't the solution to every last problem, including those that the Mac have traditionally excelled at: graphics. After all, they still don't admit that they use FreeBSD systems, or that they contracted out to a service that uses Linux.

Still, he shoulda covered his tracks better  :rolleyes:  If only he was guilty of writing bad code, now that's something Microsoft has never fired anybody for.   :D
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