“Microsoft has fired Chief Information Officer Stuart Scott, providing the terse explanation that he was dismissed for the ‘violation of company policies,'” Wendy Tanaka and Brian Caulfield report for Forbes.
MacDailyNews Take: He probably did or said something ethical.
Tanaka and Caulfield continue, “In a statement, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said his dismissal came as the result of an internal investigation. The company wouldn’t provide details about what policies were violated or how.”
“Microsoft said General Manager Shahla Aly and Corporate Vice President Alain Crozier will take over Scott’s duties until a replacement is found,” Tanaka and Caulfield report.
Full article here.
Richard Koman reports for NewsFactor, “Rob Helm, director of research at Directions on Microsoft, said the ‘pattern indicates some sort of HR violation.'”
Koman reports, “The CIO position is ‘very important not just to Microsoft’s internal I.T. but also to how Microsoft tests products,’ Helm said in a telephone interview. ‘The CIO is supposed to be Microsoft’s first and best customer. So it’s important that Microsoft get somebody into that position,’ he said.”
MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft tests products? If so, perhaps they should start testing them on real people instead of IT drones.
Koman continues, “Scott’s job included both internal-facing I.T., where he was ‘responsible for security, infrastructure, messaging, and business applications for all of Microsoft,’ according to the bio, as well as prerelease product testing. Microsoft I.T. ‘deploys prerelease versions of Microsoft products throughout the company,’ Microsoft said, improving quality, enhancing products, and identifying new market opportunities.”
Full article here.
I heard he was running Linux and he was found out when people realized his computer didn’t crash when theirs did.
He was probably pissed that after five years and approx. $1B spent, Vista was shit and said so. His reward was to get tossed out on his can.
As far as an affair with a co-worker, it couldn’t have been that. Lack of ethics at M$ is a prerequisite for getting hired. It starts at the top. It’s in the employee handbook. Any sign of actual ethical behavior can get you renditioned to Guantanamo.
Peace.
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Olmecmystic
The timing soon after the release of Leopard is interesting.
“The CIO is supposed to be Microsoft’s first and best customer. So it’s important that Microsoft get somebody into that position”
He’s a closet Mac fan, I think…
I heard he was surfing Porn and eating up massive amounts of bandwidth. Balmer said, “save some of that headroom for me”, but Mr. Scott was too into it to take heed.
If anyone asks, you never heard it from me (shhhh)
The CIO is supposed to be Microsoft’s first and best customer.
Says a lot when MS serves their “first and best” the bucket of re-warmed shit known as Vista.
Really, I cannot imagine a worse job than working MS IT. You’d have to be either oblivious to the world, or a complete masochist (or both). Getting to work with the latest and greatest, fresh warm and direct from MS’s bowels? I’d rather be Amish and shovel real dung.
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“sources in Redmond say the executive had an affair with one of his subordinates who had recently received a substantial promotion from Mr. Scott.”
MW didn’t, as in “i didn’t have sexual relations with that woman !”
CIO Stuart Scott Fired For Policy Breach! (We had to make an example out of somebody!)
In response to Computerworld.com’s article:
“Questions abound on firing of Microsoft’s CIO”
They ask: Specifics of policy violation remain unclear; are IT execs are held to higher standards?
Well I thought our CIO, Stuart Scott was a kinda’ creepy guy ever since I first met him about two years ago but you know me, I accept everybody, am self-defacing and ever sooo tolerant. Despite my gut feeling that the guy just wasn’t right for the job I went along with the board and hired him as CIO.
Then the strange stuff started happening!
He sent out memos to his entire staff and the corporate *NtN’s that they were to refrain from speaking to or interacting with any other MS employees outside of IT.
He obtained funding from the board to hire his own IT security firm which only reported to him.
A few months later he initiated a new dress code for all of his direct-reports, he said they had to wear black sack-cloth robes and sandals when entering the IT facilities.
He encouraged all of his people to “Rid your earthly shells of all hair.”
I received a few complaints from some of the women in his department about the “Earthly shell hair riddance” policy, so I decided to go over there to see what was going on myself. (but not before firing the complainers, I hate complainers!)
My secretary called and setup my appointment to inspect their “campus within a campus”.
I WAS IMPRESSED!
They had such order over there!
As I entered the lobby several young hairless IT girls came over, disrobed me, dressed me in a white sack-cloth robe (kinda’ itchy, but you get used to it) and placed rubber flip-flopps on my feet (I love those things). They had a muzak system looping “Muskrat Love” all day long. As I journeyed to Scott’s office, everyone we passed would bow to me, I said to one of the escorts, “I could get used to this!”
When I reached the office they announced me as “The Great and Powerful Ballmer!”
Scott (who they referred to as Buffa) bowed and said melodically, “how may I serve you my master?”
I said, “just an inspection Buffa, there have been … complaints!” … Everyone gasped! The escort girls started to weep, Buffa fell prostrate before me, they all started to chant, “control alt delete Great Ballmer, control alt delete Great Ballmer, control alt delete Great Ballmer, ….”. After a few minutes of that I raised my hands and said “it is control alt deleted!”
They all stopped crying and chanting, Scott – I mean Buffa rose, kissed my Harvard ring and said, “you are most merciful O’ Ballmer”
THEN IT HAPPENED!
I walked over to his desk, I could not believe my eyes, I was shocked, I couldn’t speak for a second, I pointed at the 24″ iMac on his desk and screamed, “What the Heck is THIS!” Buffa incessantly bowing said, “it matches the motif”.
I looked at the robed security guards and said, “this person has defiled this holy campus! Remove him from my sight!”
They dragged him away begging and pleading for mercy, there was none!
There was silence, then all of the staff bowed to me and said, “Buffa! Buffa! Buffa!…..”
I think I’m gonna like it over here until I replace Mr. Scott!
*Nasal toned Nerds
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
he had an apple product
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