Google man warned of Ballmer attack

CHIEF Software Architect of Microsoft, Bill Gates, warned a manager leaving to go to Google that the softly spoken shy and retiring Steve Ballmer was going to make an example of him, it's being claimed.

The conversation between Gates and Kai Fu-lee has come out of documents presented by Google in its countersuit against the Vole, reports a Seattle newspaper.

Apparently, as he was clearing out his desk to go to Google, Fu-Lee was summoned to see Gates, deep in the depths of the Redmond Voles' nest.

Gates, claims the hacks, apparently told Fu-Lee that Vole was becoming increasingly concerned about Google siphoning away talent - and, perhaps, intellectual property.

"Steve (Ballmer) is definitely going to sue you and Google over this. He has been looking for something like this, someone at a VP level to go to Google. We need to do this to stop Google."

Obviously the thought of Ballmer making an example of you would terrify anyone, Google's briefs claim. µ

L'INQ
Seattle newspaper