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Ex-Microsoft Exec Barred From Google Job
DaHat writes "Following up on last weeks report that Microsoft filed suit against Google for the hiring of former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee, today Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez granted a temporary restraining order barring Lee from violating his noncompete agreement by performing the work that he was hired for by Google."
The exec can't work? No golf until the case is settled?
"Old man yells at systemd"
Don't you just click OK and continue?
If everyone on Slashdot just stopped buying MS products, we could really exert pressure on them and, umm...
OK, what if we built a large wooden badger...
"One million dollars should be enough for anyone."
-- Bill Gates
If this Noone person held a gun to his head then the contract is not legally binding.
Note that I don't see Google as a direct competitor to Microsoft; I think they're playing a much more sly game of outflanking Microsoft by creating compelling content and ways to access that content over the web. Microsoft's specialty is writing ginormous pices of software. Google is changing the paradigm; they're only a competitor to Microsoft in that they're changing the game.
You should be embarrassed by this paragraph. You could have also worked in "synergy" and "outside the box.'
Forgive me for being flippant, but perhaps the judge simply is pleased with the overall product quality of Google, and doesn't want to see it contaminated with someone who has intimate knowledge of Microsoft's way of doing things.
I for one would be afraid of going to google.com and seeing a java pop-up paperclip saying "It looks like you're trying to look up free adult websites!! Would you like help?"
The Internet is generally stupid
So it's decided then. The Google exec should move to Canada and work from here.