The developer was not innocent:- but the punishment was disproportionate and heavy-handed, considering that he did not appear to have made use of the source cod

The developer was not innocent:- but the punishment was disproportionate and heavy-handed, considering that he did not appear to have made use of the source code that was taken. The major problems raised by the story lie firstly in the technological ignorance that the authorities displayed; secondly in the developer's legal ignorance (in trying to correct the authorities' technical ignorance) and finally, and perhaps most importantly, in the breathtaking arrogance and conceit displayed by GS in it's handling of the case -- yet more evidence (as if we needed it) of the vile, corrosive, and fundamentally corrupt culture that infects our financial services.