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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: M51DPS on 30 October 2003, 23:39

Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: M51DPS 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 (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=49508).
Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: Xeen on 30 October 2003, 23:50
speachless
Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: xyle_one 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.
Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: Laukev7 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?
Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: hm_murdock 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
Title: microsoft employee sacked
Post by: jtpenrod on 31 October 2003, 08:14
quote:

'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 (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_index.php)


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.  (http://tongue.gif)   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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