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> Was Microsoft supposed to cancel the event at the last minute but still pay Sting his full fee that had already been contracted? Yes, on both counts. Optics
by unsui 4y ago
> Was Microsoft supposed to cancel the event at the last minute but still pay Sting his full fee that had already been contracted?
Yes, on both counts.
Optics matter, apparently enough so that we're talking about it right now.
Also, those aren't the only alternatives, but no matter how you spin it, what was done was not a good look.
- crazygringo 4y agoThen the same journalist writes the same article, only about Microsoft wasting money on booking Sting and then not even having him show up, a day before layoffs. Which because it's even more wasteful, maybe comes across even worse. Journalists are always going to try to find/invent "optics" problems. But when companies aren't actually doing anything wrong, is it really worth their time to worry about "optics"? I don't think this particular article or HN post is going to matter at all in the long run, or even in the short run.