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Former Insider - Subject: Microsoft fired me... ( Aug 21, 2009, 05:13:40 )
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| ...the day before my wife's immigration interview.
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| Could it have been coincidence? How was my supervisor supposed to know? Maybe
| because I emailed asking for that day off, explaining why, and s/he replied
| in the affirmative.
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| Mr. Immigration Man was not pleased when I showed up as her sponsor with no
| job. Fortunately I got a better job at another company a month later (this
| was between recessions).
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| You don't need to be a whistle-blower to get fired from Microsoft. You just
| need to be on the wrong side of office politics.
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| I will never work with or that company again, even if I have to move to
| another city. (...And for the record, I was a Mac owner two months later, and
| went on to install Ubuntu on said Macintosh.)
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-21-003-35-NW-MS-0000
Recent:
B'ham Native, Ex-Microsoft Exec, Argues For Open Source
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| Curtis' ideas about software are heresy for a former Microsoft Corp.
| executive. He says the days of proprietary software are numbered and
| companies like Microsoft are likely doomed -- and that free open-source-code
| software will eventually run the world.
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http://www.wwj.com/B-ham-Native--Ex-Microsoft-Exec--Argues-For-Open-S/4273024
A Day to Remember: 23 April, 2009
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| And there's another reason why yesterday was significant: Microsoft announced
| what are probably its worst quarter results ever:
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| Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $13.65 billion for the third
| quarter ended March 31, 2009, a 6% decline from the same period of the prior
| year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the
| quarter were $4.44 billion, $2.98 billion and $0.33 per share, which
| represented an increase of 3% and declines of 32% and 30%, respectively, when
| compared with the prior year period.
|
| Now, the global financial crisis certainly contributed to those figures, but
| I think there's a bigger underlying trend here, which is that the Microsoft
| money machine is faltering.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2136
Microsoft slashes rates for temp workers, blaming bad economy
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| Microsoft, citing the "realities of a deteriorating economy," will reduce by
| 10 percent the amount it pays employment agencies for many of its temporary
| workers -- and cut by 15 percent the target billing rate for future temporary
| work.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_slashes_rates_for_temp_workers_blaming_bad_economy_40321577.html
Microsoft reaffirms grim outlook for year
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| Shares of Microsoft sank 58 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $16.63 in midday
| trading amid a broader market sell-off.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780059_apmicrosoftanalystmeeting.html?syndication=rss
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