Retribution can be swift.
The primary author of a report critical of Microsoft is out of work.Posted by Alan at September 26, 2003 11:09 AM@Stake, a Boston-based computer security firm that does business with Microsoft, issued a statement Thursday that Daniel Geer, who presented a white paper Wednesday in Washington that said the government's increasing reliance on Microsoft desktop software makes federal systems "susceptible to massive, cascading failures," is "no longer associated" with the firm as its chief technology officer.
The @Stake statement also said Geer's report was not approved by the company and that the "values and opinions of the report are not in line" with the company's views.
Neither @Stake, which has done software evaluation research for Microsoft, nor Geer would comment whether he was fired or resigned from the company. By Friday morning, Geer was no longer listed on the company's website as part of @Stake's management team.
Microsoft also denied it had any hand in the matter.
via Internet.com