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FWIW, Gray is a close friend of mine and a wonderful engineer. He's been passionate about Apple since the day I met him, and tirelessly defends the company when
by qeorge 17y ago
FWIW, Gray is a close friend of mine and a wonderful engineer. He's been passionate about Apple since the day I met him, and tirelessly defends the company when I give him a hard time about their policies.
I truly hope Apple doesn't fire him over this. Any company would be lucky to have him, but I know Apple is where he wants to be.
- timcederman 17y agoAny further back-story you can provide on how this happened? I'm guessing not. The consequences to Gizmodo for all of this should be interesting.
- qeorge 17y agoNo, and I'm sure he doesn't want to/can't talk about it. Techmeme was the first I'd heard of it. Even when we talk candidly, he's always been fiercely loyal to Apple and respectful of their IP. A worse thing couldn't have happened to a better guy.
- dlnovell 17y agoI went to school with Gray and he lives and breathes Apple... way beyond the point of sanity in many cases, but his loyalty is beyond reproach. Apple is lucky to have employees as devoted as he is, and hopefully they'll recognize it and let him keep his job after perhaps a personal spanking from his hero, Steve "Stevie Poo" Jobs. If he does happen to get fired, I'd recommend him to any bay-area startups looking for a seriously passionate developer who happens to like a beer (or 5).
- TomOfTTB 17y agoI don't know what to say. I feel bad for the guy and I hope he doesn't get fired but if he fiercely defends Apple then he's defended the practice of firing people for stuff like this. You're free to suck up to a dictator but if you do don't complain when the dictator turns on you.