https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531481 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531481 Wow! This is so reflective of the state of the economy. Thanks for sharing!

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531480 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:37:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531480 My husband agreed to do some work for Microsoft & got a partial payment. He never did the work (long and stupid story) so MS asked for the money back. We never sent it. They never asked again.
So maybe the lawyers made ’em do it? Dunno.
Just what happened in our case.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531479 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:07:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531479 I am very upset that Wikipedia has an entry about ‘Snidley Whiplash’ and not Antennarius striatus. End rant.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531478 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:22:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/22/microsoft-cfo-snidely-whiplash/#comment-531478 Thanks – now I can’t get the voice of Steve Ballmer saying “If you don’t give me the deed to your ranch I’m gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!” out of my head.

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