[Am-info] "Fool me once ..."

[John J. Urbaniak]

Sujal Shah wrote:

> And just to put a final point out there... I'm not apologizing for
> Microsoft or going out of my way to see their side... I just happen to
> believe that the best way to effect a change in behavior is to praise
> (or at least not complain more) about good behavior from your "target"
> for lack of a better term.
>
> This seems, honestly, like a good move.  I haven't read enough about the
> plan to know the fine print (and it's all pending SEC approval anyway)
> but it looks like an honest attempt to reward the employees and promote
> transparency in their accounting.

Gee, I'd like to believe you.  But when in the last 30 years has Microsoft been
"honest" about anything?  They were "honest" when they said that Windows 95 was stable
and reliable?  They were "honest" when they said that there are no bugs in Windows?

Even before there was a Microsoft, it's been reported that Gates was writing programs
to give him unfair advantages in high school.  They didn't even write DOS.  They took
PC Paintbrush from Z-Soft and called it MS Paintbrush.  They stole technology from
Stac and got caught.  It goes on and on.  There is no "honesty" whatsoever in that man
or in that company.

They screwed their employees with the options.  Now they are going to screw them again
with this "restricted" stock thing.

>
>
> If we're going to worry about employees welfare at a major technology
> company, we should maybe take a look at Apple, where the CEO expenses
> the costs of a private jet he uses to get to work that Apple paid for
> originally.  All of this while the employees there are on a raise
> freeze, I believe.  I was just out at WWDC and this was an interesting
> point that came up a lot chatting with a few developers about how well
> things were going at 1 Infinite Loop.

Irrelevant to this issue.

John