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Steve Ballmer's heir apparent Steve Sino sky abruptly
departs from Microsoft amid rumors of run-ins and ambition run amok; John
McAfee, millionaire founder of the antivirus software company, is sought by
police in connection with the murder of his Belize neighbor; and distinguished
General David Piraeus resigns as CIA chief, brought down by an FBI
investigation of emails sent by his secret lover. During the week of Nov. 12,
2012, the tech industry was cast in an uncharacteristically soap opera-is
light, full of notorious individuals behaving badly.
Steve Sino sky, the man who fixed the Windows Vista debacle
and championed the radical OS overhaul that became Windows 8, left Microsoft
suddenly this week. Sino sky, long rumored as Ballmer's replacement, has been
an abrasive, polarizing figure within Microsoft, but CITE world’s Matt Roof
scoffs at rumors that the departure stems from dissatisfaction with Windows 8.
In "Sino sky is out, but don't expect big changes at Microsoft," Roof
identifies thwarted ambition as the likelier root cause: "Sino sky could
either put his ambition on hold and wait around for the top spot or move on to
greener pastures." As Roof points out, "many other top Microsoft
leaders have made the same decision over the last five years, including former
CTO Ray Ozzie, Server & Tools chief Bob Puglia, and Business Division
leader Jeff Rakes."
Woody Leonhard's look at the real reason Steve Sino sky left
Microsoft also dismisses theories that the departure was linked to Windows 8
performance. Leonhard says Sino sky probably made up his mind to leave weeks
ago and cites "his milquetoast performance last month at the Windows 8
product launch (starting at 11:30 in the video)" as evidence.
Meanwhile, the same day the blogosphere was buzzing over Sino
sky, news broke that antivirus pioneer John McAfee was wanted for murder in
Belize, the prime suspect in the shooting death of Gregory Faull, an American
expatriate. This is not the first time McAfee has been the center of a
maelstrom for increasingly erratic behavior. As InfoWorld's own Robert X. Cringle
related back in May in "True tales of tech execs gone wild," McAfee
first went on the lam in Belize after being accused by local authorities of
running a meth lab.
InfoWorld security blogger Roger Grimes got to know McAfee
in the late '80s, and in his firsthand account "My adventures with
McAfee," describes him as "a bold entrepreneur who became a
multimillionaire by creating a single executable that could scan for and clean
multiple computer viruses at once. He's a big part of why I decided to make my
career in the computer security industry." But Grimes says the strangest
part of his personal journey with McAfee "was the time he wanted me to
help him start an AIDS-free sex club." Upon hearing the latest news out of
Belize, Grimes says he is "surprised, of course, but given his bizarre
behavior toward the end of my association with him, not entirely shocked."
As for the sex scandal that brought down CIA Director David Piraeus,
InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringle says: "Bullets shatter bones, knives cut
flesh, napalm burns, and bombs explode. But nothing can hurt you quite the way
email can, long after the smoke has cleared." This increasingly convoluted
scandal involves a decorated four-star Army general, questions about national
security, and even the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi (Cringle
points out that Gawker has conjured up "a helpful flowchart that shows all
the players -- so far -- and how they relate to each other"). But perhaps
the key lessons for those in the tech industry can be found in "Email
lessons from Gen. Piraeus' downfall." It's easier than you think to trace
emails, so be mindful of what you're sending.
This article, "High tech or high drama? You
decide," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on
what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.
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