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AOL CTO Shown the Door

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the goodbye dept.

BrewerDude writes "Reuters is reporting that AOL Chief Technical Officer Maureen Govern has resigned from the company. Is this an appropriate penalty for releasing 20 million keyword search results, or is it too harsh, or not harsh enough? What do the slashdot readers think is the appropriate outcome of this fiasco?"

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  1. The appropriate punishment... by mythosaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let it fit the crime.

    AOL should release - without names, of course - the text of all the searches executed by recent AOL CTOs.

    1. Re:The appropriate punishment... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think he should have been demoted, into the Customer Service Call Center. See how he handles a couple of weeks trying to convince people to keep their AOL account.

      "Why yes ma'am, I am responsible for releasing data on all your searches, but that's no reason to cancel your account!"

    2. Re:The appropriate punishment... by Frogular · · Score: 5, Funny

      Slight problem...

      AOL CTOs have been using Google.

  2. Re:well, considering other reasons by SilentTristero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Um, Maureen Govern is not a "guy." See (e.g.) here.

  3. Re:How's this? by stevey · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about only being able to go online with AOL dialup?

  4. Re:Let the punishment fit the crime. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    272043: Whitehouse employment
    272043: Government jobs
    272043: NSA employment
    272043: NSA Jobs
    272043: AT&T employment
    272043: AT&T Jobs
    272043: well hung horses
    272043: Search engine privacy
    272043: Google refuse disclose search legislation
    272043: War on terror destroy civil liberties
    272043: Neo-con Agenda
    272043: Total Information Awareness
    272043: department responsible for AOL internal search history
    272043: search profiling research
    272043: current value of AOL stock options

  5. Search contents... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maureen Govern has resigned from the company. Is this an appropriate penalty for releasing 20 million keyword search results...?

    AOL probably found her keyword searches for: "CTO", "fortune 500", "availability", "resume"...

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  6. Shown the door? by BigZaphod · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was it a new door or something? Why didn't she see it before? Was it even in her building? Why is this even news? I've seen a lot of doors in my time. In fact, I'm looking at one right now. Why don't I get a slashdot story, huh? What is this preference for the rich and famous? How does one even become rich and famous in the first place if so much depends upon the exposure given only to those already with status.... Why doesn't someone show *me* the door, dammit?! I'm a person too! I demand to be shown the door!

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  7. Let me be the first by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    2356894 new job
    2356894 new job soon
    2356894 macdonalds
    2356894 mcdonalds
    2356894 mcjob
    2356894 postal service
    2356894 going postal
    2356894 guns

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  8. Recent AOL CTO keyword searches... by gwayne · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. howto spin big fuckup
    2. creating plausible deniability
    3. crow recipies
    4. top cto jobs -aol
    5. job keygen crack
    6. alcoholics anonymous
    7. depression hotline
    8. psychiatrist
    9. gun shop
    10. funeral parlor

  9. Re:How's this? by MrSquishy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tomato/Tomato
    ...I guess that only works when spoken.

  10. Re:Where's the connections... by pla · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or was the CTO shoved onto her proverbial sword as public sacrifice to blow over the controversy?

    ? No no no! You clearly don't understand the business world, grasshopper...

    She chose to "spend more time with her family", totally unrelated (in a golden-parachute-deflating sense) to the leak. No doubt the evil actions by her underlings, done entirely without her knowledge, made her job just too stressful to keep putting in those gruelling 10 hour workweeks for a paltry seven-figure salary.

    Tsk! Did you even read the press releases? How can you remain skeptical in the face of such incontrovertible proof as the noble and cherished Press Release?

  11. Re:Preach on! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Me too!

  12. Re:The buck stops here by fritzk3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Say it with me: "Welcome! You've got FIRED!"

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