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Escape From Redmond (12/22/99)
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Uh-oh... trouble in paradise? Well, okay, maybe Microsoft can't reasonably be described as "paradise" these days, what with the whole "Redmond Justice" thing going so poorly, but it's not like the company's hurting financially; the stock's up to an all-time high, profits keep tumbling in, and whenever another company threatens to compete, it's a simple matter to buy it out or crush it like a bug. Life is good in Redmond, right? So why is Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer leaving?
Yup, Inter@ctive Investor has the story. It seems that CFO Greg Maffei has called it quits, supposedly to become the CEO of a Canadian company called Worldwide Fiber, Inc. (No, they don't make breakfast cereal. Fiber optics, ya goob.) Did Greg simply get an offer he couldn't refuse, or are there deeper issues here? The article refers to "a lot of rumors of friction between he [sic] and Bill Gates." Hmmm. Perhaps Greg's conscience was catching up with him and he decided he'd like a good night's sleep after spending so long in charge of Microsoft's ill-gotten gains. After all, what's more wholesome than fiber? You have to read between the lines, people. Maybe Greg just saw the writing on the wall and got while the getting was good.
Anyway, stepping in to fill Greg's shoes is "11-year Microsoft veteran" John Connors. We wish him luck, because we really think he'll have his hands full. Especially with all those robots from the future trying to kill him before he grows up to lead the human resistance. Oh, wait... that's John Connor? Never mind...
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SceneLink (1992)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/22/99 episode: December 22, 1999: Apple releases its annual 10-K SEC filing; just how much information do you need, anyway? Meanwhile, an environmental watchdog group dubs Apple one of the "greenest" computer companies around, and Microsoft's CFO heads for the Great White North-- does he know something we don't?...
Other scenes from that episode: 1990: How About A Sound Bite? (12/22/99) Woooo-hoo! Apple's posted their yearly SEC-mandated 10-K report detailing their financial status for FY99! Oooh baby, Christmas certainly came a bit early this year, didn't it? So don't delay-- rush right over and read that whole..... 1991: It's A Green Christmas (12/22/99) You probably think the only green Mac comes in Lime, right? Well, think again: the Clean Computer Campaign has rated Apple as one of the "greenest" computer companies out there this year. The CCC, "a project of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition," took a look at twenty-one "major computer producers" and rated them on their friendliness to the environment...
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