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Arrested IBM Exec Goes MIA On the Web

Posted by kdawson on from the never-heard-of-him dept.

theodp writes "Among those charged in the largest hedge-fund insider trading case in US history was IBM Sr. VP Robert W. Moffat, the heir apparent to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and the guy behind Big Blue's 'workforce rebalancing' and the sale of IBM's PC unit to Lenovo. IBM's not talking about the incident, but it's interesting that Moffat's bio is MIA at IBM.com ('Biography you tried to access does not exist.'), and his Smarter Planet video can no longer be found ('This video has been removed by the user.') at IBM's YouTube Channel. Do you need approval from the Feds before tidying up after someone who's under investigation? BTW, if stories and comments appearing in the Times Herald-Record and Poughkeepsie Journal are any indication, Moffat may want to avoid a local jury trial. 'I have talked to a few IBMers today, and there seems to be a lot of cheering in the halls of IBM over his arrest,' said Lee Conrad of Alliance@IBM."

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  1. Missing BIO seems innocent enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think they use Notes for that sort of thing.

    It is a wonder that everything doesn't go missing all the time.

  2. Re:RIP IBM Thinkpad... by shashark · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd say with Vista on it, evey 'piece of laptop' out there is crap. If only you could install ubuntu on it....oh wait.

  3. Re:Now if we just got the same thing for Ballmer by Old97 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad idea. Won't happen. First, Steve is too filthy rich to care about money. It's all about the game. Secondly, Steve is taking down Microsoft as fast as he can. Soon they will be just another mediocre software giant with no relevant monopolies. Let's not slow that down by arresting him.

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  4. Re:First post??? by ClosedSource · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean anyone who disagrees with Obama's policies makes IBM racist?

  5. Open source can be outsourcing too by ClosedSource · · Score: 3, Funny

    Surely some jobs were lost when IBM put more emphasis on Linux and thus didn't require as many workers to support it.

  6. Re:First post??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    unless your prison raping a clown.

  7. Re:First post??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nigger, please...

  8. Re:First post??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you can post as AC, but I still know it's you, Jerome. I'm watching you.

  9. Re:IBM has more scrubbing to do... by davek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. Moffat is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady

    Why Lord? Can't someone from Schenectady become famous for something other than being a crimial? I guess I'll have to be the first...

    OK. fine. There was the Rivest

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