December 23, 2003

Veradys hires Dan Geer

I knew it wouldn't take long for Geer to get picked up. After Dan got fired from @stake for sounding off against Microsoft as a "national security threat" in the report "CyberSecurity: The Cost of Monopoly" (I talked about this document a while back), NetworkWorld Fusion reports that Veradys hired Dr. Geer as their chief scientist. A couple of interesting quotes from Dan on being fired from @stake:

Quote 1: "I was fired for saying the emperor is naked."

Quote 2: "[My job was] to make @stake look bigger than it actually is. And I was successful at it."

Of course, we need to remember this is coming from someone just fired, and openly admits that he is bitter at @stake. But its interesting to hear him finally comment on it.

Posted by SilverStr at December 23, 2003 08:45 AM | TrackBack