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MS Hires The Salesman Who Won Munich For SUSE

Posted by timothy on from the incentive-plan dept.

ron_ivi writes "In a move reminiscent of the 1997 MSFT/Borland Lawsuits, Microsoft has hired the SUSE sales guy who won Munich for SUSE. So if you want a job in this tough job market, just be wildly successful at your current job and Microsoft will come recruit you. (Another interesting Microsoft hire is the chair of the ISO C++ standards body as their VisualC++.NET architect.) Personally I think it's great that they recognize talented individuals and reward them well."

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  1. This Makes News on Slashdot??!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Wow..Microsoft hires somebody and it's splashed as a front page story?

    Don't you people have better things to focus on, like Linux for example?

    What's the deal with all the constant navel-gazing at the Microsoft?

    Slashdot really needs to grow up and move beyond this obsession if they ever want to more than just a joke.

  2. To bad for him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now he has a much harder job, selling crappy Microsoft software.

  3. Re:Hm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shut up, Kraut!

  4. Wow by bonch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, the guy wants to offer some of the extensions at his business up for discussion. How evil is that! Discussion!

    I wonder how many other guys on that committee also work for corporations. It's not like being on a standards committee is a paying, full-time job or anything...

  5. Re:it's war by E-Rock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, all assumptions are inherently wrong. All of the salesmen I've had experience with didn't care what the product even was.