Perhaps he refused to use Vista?

...wouldn't have to do with the Computerworld article in which he defends the use of SAP and Siebel CRM in-house at MS, now, would it?!?

Either that, or a Google search, or checking his Yahoo email, or...

(Amused cough)

...he probably shagged the wrong person.

The IT Angle on that would be horizontal, of course.

It is well known that Microsoft doesn't eat its own dog food. They used to produce all their own internal software for their day to day running, but found that it was cheaper and easier to buy software for these tasks (what does that tell you about their products?).

You seriously think for one minute that they store the Windows source code in SourceSafe? of course not, Perforce is the tool of choice here.

Wasn't there an MS policy on retention of email? Something like it had to be deleted within 3 days (maybe a teensy bit more but not much). Presumably they can't afford the storage space, 'cos it couldn't possibly be because they got scared that the next round of toothless anti-trust investigators might actually find undeniable evidence of a smoking gun sometime, right?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/11/ms_legal_mail_autodestruct/

"Perhaps he refused to use Vista?"

I was going to say he was caught smuggling a MacBook in to use as an office machine... ;-)

... found using an iPod.

More likely he did use Vista. Surely no serious company permits its staff to use it.

He should have kept those 'Linux inside' stickers at home..

You mean he installed Linux on a work PC?

<Waits to see how many other people said the same thing>

Due to restructuring and not violation of policy, I find myself unexpectedly conveniently available. Of course I would have to commute from South Dorset - using public transport.

Come to think of it that may go against me.

I hear that MS employees have been told that anyone running Windows on a Mac will be disciplined... maybe that was the problem...

Bill : We MUST sell more Vista even though no one like to use it, its slow, buggy and most difficult to use

CIO : I disagree, if Vista is crap, we should extend XP for another 10 years and keep updating it until Vista is ready

Bill : You are fired !!!!

ps, I installed Office 2007 on a new workstation yesterday, and boy, it took me a while just to find where the PRINT icon or File/Print is, is this progress ? the bars were full of colorful icons, but all I really wanted is the print option.

...he was honest???

Maybe he was caught actually SAYING that he didn't use Vista.

He just lost interest in the baby-eating and puppy-stomping. That, or he ran out of bullshit and inadvertently released actual information - not the role of a CIO!

smilie included to make comment poster happy ;-)

I heard from a reliable source that they found a linux box in his house.

no no no, he was caught checking his gmail while he had his laptop booted of a ubuntu live cd

Actually, there's a lot of Linux that is supported at Microsoft. Yes, believe it or not, Linux is an actual test platform for some of the products.

What did he do? If Microsoft isn't saying and he isn't saying, there's no way to know. Anyways, it wasn't for open source or using a Mac or anything like that.

... he released a software product that didn't have bugs, was fast and efficient instead of bloated and slow, and actually worked really quite well.

Inconceivable!

group policy of course!

/hat/coat/scarf/gloves