Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
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Heh, flavour
(I like Fedora, but it obviously doesnt taste as good)
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Surely there's an option between "drop major client" and "punish the person pointing out problems"
So a choice between money and ethics.
There is never any question which one companies choose.
Certainly not the one with a carreer in scumbaggery. -
Microsoft has recently been added to the BDS list. Do not forget to give their apps a review.
Only trouble is Microsoft clearly doesn't care about negative reviews of their applications, because they've been receiving negative reviews for years now.
It's not like you can even avoid using their products, personally you can install Linux but you're probably going to still have to use a Windows charge device at work, and business is where they make most of their profit anyway.
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I'm actually allergic to mint. Can anyone suggest a version of Linux that doesn't have any mint in it.
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Bingo. Lots of stupid things at this level boil down to legal protection. You'll see it everywhere once you learn and look.
“Lucky we’re not countersuing! Oh the damages you are certain to be causing in the futureeee, the burns”
Actually now that I think about it maybe this was a multimillion dollar protest. The headlines have been published for and wide. I bet a few people spent more time feeling guilty than working right after as well - imagine one of them quitting. Still somewhat hard to believe it would lose them contracts but perhaps there will be potential customers who want to avoid connection with Microsoft until this blows over.
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the email to Aboussad reads. “It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.”
Obviously there were going to fire these employees, especially the one who gave notice then did this.
But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”? That’s the stupidest god damn thing I’ve heard since “Liberation Day”
But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”?
Frame the debate. MS doesn't have to justify their profiteering if they can talk about the employee. The attention span of the public is limited.
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Only trouble is Microsoft clearly doesn't care about negative reviews of their applications, because they've been receiving negative reviews for years now.
It's not like you can even avoid using their products, personally you can install Linux but you're probably going to still have to use a Windows charge device at work, and business is where they make most of their profit anyway.
They still have presence in for example the Play store. A review can cost little time to place, yet it can affect a lot. Though avoid mentioning certain words censored by the play store.
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I'm actually allergic to mint. Can anyone suggest a version of Linux that doesn't have any mint in it.
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God any recommendations?
"play Outer Wilds"
-god, probably
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I'm actually allergic to mint. Can anyone suggest a version of Linux that doesn't have any mint in it.
Opensuse
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Heh, flavour
(I like Fedora, but it obviously doesnt taste as good)
I like Fedora
tip M'lady
(I'm using Bazzite, which is based on Fedora though)
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Only trouble is Microsoft clearly doesn't care about negative reviews of their applications, because they've been receiving negative reviews for years now.
It's not like you can even avoid using their products, personally you can install Linux but you're probably going to still have to use a Windows charge device at work, and business is where they make most of their profit anyway.
It's mildly entertaining at times to scroll through the reviews of the HEIF Image Extension in the Microsoft Store. Microsoft doesn't care one bit how bad they are.
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IBM had a role in the holocaust. Those numbers tattooed on everyone in the concentration camp? Those were IBM ID numbers for the punch cards.
If IBM staff protested about their role, it’s been lost to history. But it’s repeating today with Gaza and the staff who speak out are being demonized. Israel’s Lavender AI is being used to kill civilians. History will prove this woman and the other employees right in the end.
Is Lavender AI made by Microsoft or uses Microsoft technology?
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God any recommendations?
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Windows isn't the issue here. The war profiteering is coming from the AI and cloud divisions
Ok cool. But I was replying to the comment regarding Microsoft forcing new computers on people. So no need for the correction.
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It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.
the fucking audacity. i mean, we all knew how it would end, but talk about 5d reverse psychology mindgames -
That email was almost certainly written by lawyers with the intention of supporting MS in court, should it come down to that.
that makes sense.
i hate the fact that such a blatant play at covering your bases could hold up in any court. no matter the legal fineprint, it takes two functioning braincells to realise what's going on here -
So a choice between money and ethics.
There is never any question which one companies choose.
Certainly not the one with a carreer in scumbaggery.My point was that there are plenty of other options.
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Disrupting a meeting like that was always going to end in getting fired.
It didn't have to. You only expect it to because there's a history of companies being shitty.
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I love my Pop OS
