A court exhibit from Comes vs Microsoft (PX09346) shows Microsoft saying that it needs to "find and lean on" what it is calling an "insider friend, 'the Fox'." We have already shown many examples where Microsoft occupies other companies (sometimes competitors) using former staff.
Three weeks ago we summarised the Microsoft-Telstra relationship and it turns out that Microsoft's Australia and New Zealand chief is now joining Telstra's board. How suitable. Shall we call Steve Vamos "the fox"? Terry Porter wrote about this in USENET a short while ago:Message-ID: <ZvSdnQ2qHoS5zwLXnZ2dnUVZ_g3_fwAA@netspace.net.au> From: Terry Porter <linux-2@netspace.net.au> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Microsoft infiltrate Australias top telco! Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:20:36 -0500 Ex-Microsoft Oz chief, Steve Vamos joins Telstra board... begin{quote} The former chief of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand Steve Vamos has been appointed a non-executive director of Telstra. It was unclear whether Vamos would be returning to Australia to take on the role. He left for the United States in January 2007 to become Microsoft's online business head of worldwide sales and international operations. A spokesman for Telstra has been contacted for comment. "Steve has an exceptional knowledge of the challenges and opportunities of the Australian market, enhanced by his experience as a global executive at Microsoft," Telstra chairman Catherine Livingstone said in a statement." end{quote} [Ex-Microsoft Oz chief joins Telstra board]Gregory Shearman adds: "The Australian Government has always danced the Microsoft tune." More coverage can be found in: