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MS Hires The Salesman Who Won Munich For SUSE
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."
Don't be successful.
Of $0, but he opted to go with Microsoft anyway.
they hire Linus as head Longhorn coder?
Get Munich back on Windows!
His boss: OK, you're on probation until you get this first sale. There's this council in Munich...
Bill Gates: "Buy him out, boys."
My other processor is big-endian.
The name "Anakin Skywalker" comes to mind... =)
<insert witty linux comment here>
Can I expect an appointment letter ?
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
Of course, it doesn't help that your girlfriend/wife is really a secret spy for Microsoft, and the agent who offered you an alternative was really an early warning system to have you bumped off. It gets even worse when they start killing your best friend Open Source programmers! What has this world come to!?
:-)
Side note: After we saw AntiTrust, my wife kept trying to convince me that she really *wasn't* a spy for Microsoft. Seems the movie hit a little too close to home.
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Microsoft actually does have a pretty good hiring process, if a little brutal. But a lot of people are saying things like "well, at least somebody recognizes that exceptional people are worth it" -- I don't think that these examples are exactly displaying that. Microsoft has been hiring relatively exceptional people for a long time now; the only difference is that these people already have multinational acclaim in their profession.
Just thought I'd point that out -- this is a good move and everything, but hiring people that are already well-known in their field is neither A) necessarily good news for those of you stumping for MS jobs, or B) particularly cost-effective for Microsoft.
On a side note, the REAL message that this is sending to professionals around the world is this: Hurt Microsoft And Get Hired. Whether a lawyer, programmer, politician or standards' body member -- I encourage all exceptional individuals to put all of their skill towards the destruction of Microsoft. They like it! Really!
Seems there isn't such thing as integrity.
You do realize we're talking about sales here, right?
Successfull person hired for something. Details at 11.
I think it would be amusing if this same salesmen, KarlAigner, can go back to the City of Munich and win them back to Microsoft products. That would be salesmanship!! :P
Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.
He began his new role April 1, Microsoft said Tuesday.
Say no to software patents.
From the C|Net article, dateline May 7, 1997:
Yocam maintains that Microsoft is luring personnel away with huge signing bonuses, some in excess of $1 million. "They have the audacity to send limos to Borland's headquarters to take Borland employees out to lunch. I mean, this has got to stop."
Ah, the good old days. Million-dollar signing bonuses. Limos for job prospects. Corvettes for hot programmers fresh out of college. Penthouse suites with the company logo in genuine Italian marble.
Why did it ever have to end?
Oh, wait, don't answer that...
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
...next time that guy shows up in Munich on a sales call.
"Okay, you know all that stuff I told you? Nevermind. I've got something better, now... hey! Put down the pitchforks! Aiiiiieeee!"
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Yeah, It's just like when Darth Vader tried to get Luke to join him. After Luke had destroyed the first Death Star, Vader and Palpatine realized what a great asset he could be. They offered him the chance of a lifetime, just wanted to reward him for his good work, and what did the whiny brat do? Goes and kills them both and destroys the empire's last change of survival. He ruined the livelyhoods of millions of innocent emperial employees, not to mention the thousands he murdered, just for some hippy idealism. If only he had been more grateful like these two guys, maybe the world could have been a better place.
He must have aced all the manhole size and obscure pointer deallocation questions!
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.
Someone is good at his job and gets hired by someone. So that's the key!
Munich decided that Linux was cheap, extendable, powerful and usable enough to suit their purpose...so Microsoft hired the guy who told them all this?
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If I write a database engine that even an idiot can administer, will Microsoft then hire the idiot?
Ade_
Big Bubbles (no troubles) - what sucks, who sucks and you suck
As you grow older you'll regretably see that, all things considered, you learn as much working for two years as you do at University. Plus, you probably pick other things up, like not writing "if I had went". :-)
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Sales guy:
"All that stuff I told you when I was working for SuSE was BULLSHIT. But now, you can believe everything I say. We ... ah going to pump ... YOU up!"
Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
i remember my days at Radio Shack, as well...
I would also like to say: why isn't this story headlined Saviour is now inside the MS VC.NET team! Hurray!