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Cancer is never well timed, but this has to takes the cake. The perils of public life? Thyroid cancer took my father at about the same age; I truly feel for Sc
by marcusf 14y ago
Cancer is never well timed, but this has to takes the cake. The perils of public life?
Thyroid cancer took my father at about the same age; I truly feel for Scott Thompson and his family and hope they found it early and for his speedy recovery.
- chubot 14y agoAm I too cynical? I thought he said he had cancer to save face while stepping down.
- marcusf 14y agoThat was my first reaction as well, but I'm going to leave cynicism to the side here. Faking cancer is ways and leagues beyond faking a CS degree and I just don't want to spend the energy required to believe anyone would do that.
- snarf 14y agoI was thinking the same thing. I once worked at a Silicon Valley company where the CEO spun his firing by the board as a resignation due to a serious personal illness (complete with public tears and hugging the founders during an all-hands meeting). It was quite a performance, but not everybody was buying it.