Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Exclusive: Former @stake CTO Dan Geer on Microsoft report, firing - Computerworld
Exclusive: Former @stake CTO Dan Geer on Microsoft report, firing - Computerworld: "Exclusive: Former @stake CTO Dan Geer on Microsoft report, firing
Exclusive: Former @stake CTO Dan Geer on Microsoft report, firing
Geer was fired abruptly after the report, critical of Microsoft, came out
Q&A by Dan Verton
OCTOBER 01, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Dan Geer, the former chief technology officer at @stake Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was fired last week as a result of his participation in an independent study of the security implications of Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly hold on the software industry (see story). He spoke to Computerworld's Dan Verton yesterday in an exclusive interview from his home in Massachusetts. "
Now, if there were ever a reason NOT to fire someone, this news story is a prime example. Oh, sure, Geer may have p****d off some hard-noses at Microsoft, but @stake made the whole situation a major fiasco by firing him. Now, they have to deal with the public perception that the people who run @stake are more interested in keeping major clients happy than they are in supplying quality goods and services to THEIR customers. If I had any of their stock, I'd dump it in a hurry! You heard it here first :).
Exclusive: Former @stake CTO Dan Geer on Microsoft report, firing
Geer was fired abruptly after the report, critical of Microsoft, came out
Q&A by Dan Verton
OCTOBER 01, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Dan Geer, the former chief technology officer at @stake Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was fired last week as a result of his participation in an independent study of the security implications of Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly hold on the software industry (see story). He spoke to Computerworld's Dan Verton yesterday in an exclusive interview from his home in Massachusetts. "
Now, if there were ever a reason NOT to fire someone, this news story is a prime example. Oh, sure, Geer may have p****d off some hard-noses at Microsoft, but @stake made the whole situation a major fiasco by firing him. Now, they have to deal with the public perception that the people who run @stake are more interested in keeping major clients happy than they are in supplying quality goods and services to THEIR customers. If I had any of their stock, I'd dump it in a hurry! You heard it here first :).
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