Microsoft buys G5's
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- mitsu
some of you'll love this:
microsoft employee gets a few shots of G5 shipment at the microsoft loading dock on his way into work
hours later, he's fired... oops!
:)
- Mimio0
MS Redmond you say? Are you sure it isn't the Pentagon?
- GreedoLives0
Well, they gotta rip Panther somehow, right?
- Mimio0
If it's true, I wonder what they need them for. It doesn't really look like they're interested in producing software for the mac anymore.
- mitsu0
here, this will answer some of your questions:
- unknown0
doh!
- kpl0
doubleplusungood
- rasko40
I'd be surprised if companies didn't keep an eye on their competition.
petty reaction by M$
- unknown0
um thats gay for this reason alone....
"MICROSOFT MAKES APPLE SOFTWARE"
what are you gonna test it on.... a PC?
- mrdobolina0
it was the blogger's attitude though, it was like he was making fun of his employer.
- GreedoLives0
I think the real problematic question is:
How the hell did they find out about this within two days? Just how much surveillance do they have on their employees?
- mitsu0
he even took special care, as he noted, to keep his back to the facility as to not have any MS logos/references in his photo.
MS didn't fire him because he pointed out that they have Macs. It's public knowledge that they write software for the Mac OS. I'd assume they just have a standard protocol for dealing with employees that are or seem to be tainting MS's image. Even his manager tried to take up for him... poor guy.
- mrdobolina0
he shouldn't have done it, simple and plain. serves him right.
- gavinnosler0
Of course Microsoft is buying G5s. Think Apple doesn't any PCs in their facilities? They need them for testing and research. And of course he was fired, he let out internal company information, which was most likely a breach of his contract. Many companies legally monitor their employees.
- BonSeff0
post that shit anonomously, what a tard
- mitsu0
there's no doubt that he was in breach of his contract, or that Microsoft was exercising a right that they are entitled to as an employer, but i think it's a little far fetched.
if i were to take a picture of a Mr. Coffee in an MS breakroom and post it on a server that i pay hosting service for, i don't think that warrants firing. i think MS or any company for that matter should let it slide and at least give him a warning and ask that he remove the blog.
- cinder0
I'm not surprised.
He got fired for publicly diseminating company information basically. Doesn't matter if it was cheesy or lame.
He shouldn't have done it.regardless - You think MS uses Windows in their design department?
HAHAHAHAHAHA. No.They also do a lot of Mac testing there.
- mitsu0
the 'serves him right' attitude here actually kind of surprises me.
just because this issue is addressed in page 995, section 3, article 2b, paragraph 2 of all corporate employee hand books accross the globe doesn't mean it's right does it? or does it?
- Meeklo0
Ok we got the point, at Microsoft they probably do some in house design, so big deal the use apple computers.
How do you think the manage the accounting at Apple?
- monkeyshine0
Though it seems a little silly, he should have known the possible outcome. I've done contract work with Microsoft and the amount of paperwork about confidentiality I had to go through told me that they take their image very seriously.
...and look from another perspective, what else is out there that they don't know about?