Rich jerk update
This week, one of the poster-boys for "Rich jerk watch" was finally sentenced for massacring his neighbor's buffalo herd. Jeffrey Scott Hawn, CEO of Seattle's Attachmate, was sentenced to 10 days in prison and two years probation after pleading guilty to a felony charge for arranging for a group of hunters to mass slaughter a nearby rancher's stock.
According to media accounts, he's also paying $83,000 to the herd's owner, $4,000 to the local sheriff's department, and $70,000 to charities. If he stays clean for two years, the felony is wiped from his record. Weirdly, he's not the only high-tech exec from Seattle who has been in trouble for killing animals. There's also the case of the Microsoft exec who chased down and killed antelope with his SUV.
Comments:
Posted Fri, Jan 30, 4:13 p.m. inappropriate
VERY WEIRD. ROAD RAGE AMONG THE SUPER RICH I SUPPOSE.
Posted Sat, Jan 31, 2:12 p.m. inappropriate
anytime you see the letters ``C-E-O'' attached to someone's name, you can be pretty sure they care about nothing but their own amusement and advancement.
Posted Fri, Oct 30, 11:21 p.m. inappropriate
Attachmate is hurting for revenue, like many companies recently. Most companies try to address this problem through better marketing and sales. Some, like Attachmate, choose to seek a more bottom line income, so they go and "audit" users of their software. Their audit alleges that users "install and use" the software. However sometimes the software is not actually in "use", but they will claim otherwise and seek payment. Beware, as you will just fund some high-priced Scotch sipping by a bunch of high-fiving douchebags at the Rock Salt. Oh and the abilityh to just slaughter a few buffalo because they're annoying.