____/ Linonut on Thursday 08 November 2007 19:32 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott is out
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Stuart Scott, who joined Microsoft in 2005 as Corporate Vice President and
>> | Chief Information Officer, has left was ousted from the company, as of
>> | November 5 for violating company policies, Microsoft officials said.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=909
>>
>> Microsoft won't comment about the reason. It figures.
>>
>> Was someone by any chance 'paying' African countries to choose Windows
>> (hypothetical)? Microsoft cannot even control crooks inside its own
>> territory (examples below).
>
> How can we know?
>
> This quote is intriguing:
>
> "One of Scott's biggest efforts to date has been to
> centralize IT operations, pulling functions in from the business
> units and in some cases stomping out 'shadow IT' functions
> that inevitably sprout in such a tech-smart company. The company has
> consolidated 26 data centers to five and eliminated about 1,000
> applications in two years, with the goal of taking out another
> 1,000."
>
> Sounds like a euphemism for rooting out (no pun intended) the Linux
> boxes that "inevitably sprout in such a tech-smart company".
>
> So, obviously, that's not why the guy got canned. Unless, of course,
> the consolidation and app-elimination involved a migration to Linux
> <grin>.
>
> No mention of Linux in the article, so of course no Talkback from
> "No_Ax_to_Grind".
I'm not sure if it's Scott Douglas, but some are certain it's a Microsoft
shill.
> Maybe he gushed about KDE 4 or Compiz/Beryl in front of the wrong
> person, who decided on a more abrupt measure than tossing a chair.
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~~ Best of wishes
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