____/ Linonut on Monday 03 March 2008 17:10 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Whether all those scummy trolls are employed by someone to do this or not, I
>> don't know and I don't care. Judge for yourself and just keep me out of your
>> freakin' slanderfest.
>>
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>>| Those with long memories might suggest a parallel between Rick?s position
>>| and mine when in 1997, I was sitting on the XML Working Group and
>>| co-editing the spec, on a pro bono basis as an indie consultant. Netscape
>>| hired me to represent their interests, and when I announced this,
>>| controversy ensued. Which is a nice way of saying that Microsoft went
>>| berserk; tried unsuccessfully to get me fired as co-editor, and then
>>| launched a vicious, deeply personal extended attack in which they tried to
>>| destroy my career and took lethal action against a small struggling company
>>| because my wife worked there. It was a sideshow of a sideshow of the great
>>| campaign to bury Netscape and I?m sure the executives have forgotten; but I
>>| haven?t.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/01/24/Mixup
>
> From: Mike Champion (Jan 24 2007, at 22:48)
>
> [disclaimer - I work for Microsoft, but have no firsthand knowledge
> of the ongoing OOXML - ODF kerfluffle]
>
> . . .
>
> Finally, on "Which is a nice way of saying that Microsoft went
> berserk": To be frank, I watched that episode 10 years ago with
> horror, and had my own issues with some Microsoft people and the
> rather arrogant corporate culture back in the '90s too. But things
> change ... I guess the perpetrators are now retired and living off
> their stock options proceeds. Life is unfair, but it goes on, the
> lawyers move in, and I'm quite sure that that kind of thing wouldn't
> happen today. Give MS credit for one thing: they don't hire dummies
> (well, maybe I'm an exception) and smart people learn from their
> mistakes.
>
> Yeah, but maybe all they learn is how to be more stealthy.
They do try, but they still blow it up sometimes (showing that they
apply 'forces' and stalk people).
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/03/enough_about_me.html
"It also was strange to see just how many resources are aligned
against me when I write a story about Microsoft."
They accidentally sent this man his 'killfile'.
Nothing has changed and Microsoft hires more scum than ever.
Former Excel Project Manager:
How many Microsofties does it take to implement the Off menu?
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| The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people
| has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly...
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