>Microsoft said in a statement, “We’re pleased that Lindsey-Rae decided to join Microsoft, both to continue to grow in her career and so she, her husband and th

>Microsoft said in a statement, “We’re pleased that Lindsey-Rae decided to join Microsoft, both to continue to grow in her career and so she, her husband and their three young children could be closer to her parents and extended family on the West Coast. We have no interest in any of IBM’s confidential information.” >In a declaration filed with the court, McIntyre says, “For diversity work to be effective, it has to be specific and customized to the company and workforce at issue. My work at Microsoft must be centered on Microsoft’s corporate culture and its internal goals as an organization, which are entirely distinct from IBM’s culture and goals. Similarly, inclusion focuses on what it feels like to belong and is entirely focused on management and culture. Therefore, while the work that IBM (or any other technology company) does on these issues may be interesting, it is not practically useful in my role at Microsoft.” How exactly are Microsoft and Mrs. McIntyre trying to justify this? Both of their statements are effectively, "Oh don't worry, we have no interest in IBM secrets, and aren't competing with our direct competitor, no way no how." >"IBM surprisingly seeks a draconian temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent McIntyre from working -- for an entire year, in any position, anywhere in the world, for any company IBM deems to be a ‘competitor’ in any dimension" This would make sense, if Microsoft and IBM weren't directly competing in multiple areas. See: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ vs http://azure.microsoft.com/ http://azure.microsoft.com/ https://www.ibm.com/watson/ https://www.ibm.com/watson/ vs https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/default.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/default.aspx And in a fair deal of their open source projects: https://github.com/ibm https://github.com/ibm vs https://github.com/Microsoft https://github.com/Microsoft I personally think Non-Compete Agreements generally aren't reasonable, but she agreed to it. The case is black and white.