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Bad Times in the Valley

It’s getting nasty in Northern California. You know things are bad when your chairwoman and -- get this -- chief ethics officer (pause for laughter) face felony charges. Right, HP?

Then there’s Apple -- Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, where have you gone? -- where the stock-options scandal has led to a resignation.

And people say that Microsoft is evil ....

Posted by Lee Pender on October 05, 2006


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