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Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott Gets Axed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-mysterious dept.

avjt writes "Microsoft has terminated its CIO Stuart Scott for 'violation of company policies'. They won't elaborate. Now what do you think this guy has done?" Ya know, I'm positive someone reading this story knows the answer to the mystery... and they could post it anonymously and be totally fine because there will be a hundred other totally wrong guesses and it would be completely impossible to distinguish the two ;)

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  1. google time by tritonman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to google for articles where he said something good about Linux...

    1. Re:google time by rrhal · · Score: 5, Funny

      4) Took pictures of MacIntosh Computers being unloaded into his building.

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    2. Re:google time by ubrgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      Misrepresented himself. Is his resume completely honest? Some have been canned for claiming work that they didn't do or graduated from schools when they didn't

      I resent that.

      ubrgeek
      MA, BS, PhD - Cambridge, Yale, Harvard
      Inventor of automobile, SuperBall(tm) and the Internet.

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  2. obvious by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Got fed up with Vista and installed $SOME_DISTRO instead. :-)

    Somehow this is gonna cost me karma... :-(

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    1. Re:obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      >No, he was reading Slashdot all day

      on a Mac :)

  3. No it wouldn't... by ByOhTek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ya know, I'm positive someone reading this story knows the answer to the mystery... and they could post it anonymously and be totally fine because there will be a hundred other totally wrong guesses and it would be completely impossible to distinguish the two ;)


    Taco said in one of his write-ups, comments will (very rarely) be removed for legal reasons.

    Whichever post dissapears after MS sends an email threatening legal action. That is the reason... Everyone, ready your screenshots!
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  4. The reason... by limabone · · Score: 5, Funny

    When filling out a form, under the section that said 'DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE' he wrote 'OK'

  5. I know what he did... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He bought a Sony Playstation 3, then looked for help setting it up via Google on his Linux based computer.

  6. balmer by wwmedia · · Score: 5, Funny

    balmer run out of chairs to toss! so he moved onto the management, which is a smart move they are thick as wood anyways

  7. political incorrect by hyperinactive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stuart L. Scott's middle name is Linus.

  8. Clippy by redshirt1111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He told Clippy to, and I quote, "Get Bent".

  9. Stop crime now - use unreasonable force by Benson+Arizona · · Score: 5, Funny

    Terminating him seems a bit harsh - couldn't they just have sacked him?

  10. Maybe he is really... by seanellis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pamela Jones!

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  11. Re:Some information... by tokul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously...who has SEVEN CHILDREN? On PURPOSE?
    One drove too fast and they are six
    One went to wrong place and they are five
    One learned to fly a plane (almost) and they are four
    One was a brave astronaut until shuttle crashed
    One slept with wrong wife and they are two
    One used wrong crack and there is only one
    Last boy is a nerd. End of your genealogy tree.
  12. There's your answer... by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
    He helped "ensure that Microsoft is the "first and best customer" of its own products."


    There's your answer - he pushed them to use Vista internally.

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  13. Re:Ballmer Attitude? by Deadstick · · Score: 5, Funny
    It really wouldn't surprise me if they treated their employees the same way they treat their customers.

    Well, that's what ValleyWag says he was doing...

    rj