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Google asks Jon Skeet to give up his Microsoft MVP award
- arithmetic 17y agoSomeone should tell Jon Skeet that he's really not missing out on much.
- commiebob 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=858022 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=858022
- jeroen 17y agoThread from 2 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=858022 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=858022
- tomjen2 17y agoI wonder if he gets a wave invite instead?
- stdan27 17y agoHe already has one
- raganwald 17y agoHow about a title like "Google asks Jon Skeet not to sign an NDA with a competitor?"
- nkohari 17y agoThe NDA is optional, although you don't get to participate in a lot of the MVP benefits if you don't sign it.
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- DrJokepu 17y agoEric Schmidt is no longer on Apple's board, for exactly the same reason. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/03bod.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/03bod.html
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- xsmasher 17y agoIt opens up Google for a lawsuit from Microsoft - (1) Microsoft and Google create competing projects in parallel (2) Microsoft discloses project to MVP under NDA (3) Project is released, Microsoft sues Google for reverse engineering, and can prove that MVP had access to the beta project. (4) Lawsuit takes years and is eventually settled just to put it out of its misery.
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- Tichy 17y agoI have no idea what a MVP is.
- Jem 17y ago"Most Valuable Professional" - see: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
- Scott_MacGregor 17y agoLooks like this Google vs. Microsoft thing might get rougher. Maybe we are going to see something bigger than the Chrome vs. Internet Explorer head on attack. Google wanting an employee to turn down an awarded designation from Microsoft might be the tip of the Google expansion iceberg. How much market share will Google be able to take away from Microsoft, and what Microsoft Markets will they go after next? Can Google become Microsoft II or Microsoft Jr.? From a development standpoint, new products present new opportunities. This could get interesting.
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- nearestneighbor 17y agoNot again! Google never asked anyone twice before. This guy must be very important.
- snprbob86 17y agoIt is much closer to an employment contract than to an "award".
- icefox 17y agoWhy does this matter or is valuable news?