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Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:11PM from the goodbye dept.

BrewerDude writes "Reuters is reporting that AOL Chief Technical Officer Maureen Govern has resigned from the company. Is this an appropriate penalty for releasing 20 million keyword search results, or is it too harsh, or not harsh enough? What do the slashdot readers think is the appropriate outcome of this fiasco?"

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The appropriate punishment... (Score:5, Funny)

by mythosaz ( 572040 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:14PM (#15951796)

Let it fit the crime.

AOL should release - without names, of course - the text of all the searches executed by recent AOL CTOs.

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Re:well, considering other reasons (Score:4, Funny)

by SilentTristero ( 99253 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:17PM (#15951820)

Um, Maureen Govern is not a "guy." See (e.g.) here [bizjournals.com].

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Re:The appropriate punishment... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:18PM (#15951821)

I think he should have been demoted, into the Customer Service Call Center. See how he handles a couple of weeks trying to convince people to keep their AOL account.

"Why yes ma'am, I am responsible for releasing data on all your searches, but that's no reason to cancel your account!"

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Re:How's this? (Score:5, Funny)

by stevey ( 64018 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:20PM (#15951847) Homepage

How about only being able to go online with AOL dialup?

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Re:Let the punishment fit the crime. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:28PM (#15951910)

272043: Whitehouse employment
272043: Government jobs
272043: NSA employment
272043: NSA Jobs
272043: AT&T employment
272043: AT&T Jobs
272043: well hung horses
272043: Search engine privacy
272043: Google refuse disclose search legislation
272043: War on terror destroy civil liberties
272043: Neo-con Agenda
272043: Total Information Awareness
272043: department responsible for AOL internal search history
272043: search profiling research
272043: current value of AOL stock options

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Search contents... (Score:5, Funny)

by fahrbot-bot ( 874524 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:28PM (#15951913)

Maureen Govern has resigned from the company. Is this an appropriate penalty for releasing 20 million keyword search results...?
AOL probably found her keyword searches for: "CTO", "fortune 500", "availability", "resume"...

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Re:The appropriate punishment... (Score:5, Funny)

by Frogular ( 961545 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:31PM (#15951934)

Slight problem...

AOL CTOs have been using Google.

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Shown the door? (Score:4, Funny)

by BigZaphod ( 12942 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:32PM (#15951945) Homepage

Was it a new door or something? Why didn't she see it before? Was it even in her building? Why is this even news? I've seen a lot of doors in my time. In fact, I'm looking at one right now. Why don't I get a slashdot story, huh? What is this preference for the rich and famous? How does one even become rich and famous in the first place if so much depends upon the exposure given only to those already with status.... Why doesn't someone show *me* the door, dammit?! I'm a person too! I demand to be shown the door!

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Let me be the first (Score:5, Funny)

by eclectro ( 227083 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:34PM (#15951963)

2356894 new job
2356894 new job soon
2356894 macdonalds
2356894 mcdonalds
2356894 mcjob
2356894 postal service
2356894 going postal
2356894 guns

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Recent AOL CTO keyword searches... (Score:2, Funny)

by gwayne ( 306174 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @06:54PM (#15952086)

1. howto spin big fuckup
2. creating plausible deniability
3. crow recipies
4. top cto jobs -aol
5. job keygen crack
6. alcoholics anonymous
7. depression hotline
8. psychiatrist
9. gun shop
10. funeral parlor

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Re:How's this? (Score:5, Funny)

by MrSquishy ( 916581 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @07:11PM (#15952176)

Tomato/Tomato
...I guess that only works when spoken.

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Re:Where's the connections... (Score:5, Funny)

by pla ( 258480 ) writes: on Monday August 21, 2006 @08:43PM (#15952620) Journal

Or was the CTO shoved onto her proverbial sword as public sacrifice to blow over the controversy?

? No no no! You clearly don't understand the business world, grasshopper...

She chose to "spend more time with her family", totally unrelated (in a golden-parachute-deflating sense) to the leak. No doubt the evil actions by her underlings, done entirely without her knowledge, made her job just too stressful to keep putting in those gruelling 10 hour workweeks for a paltry seven-figure salary.

Tsk! Did you even read the press releases? How can you remain skeptical in the face of such incontrovertible proof as the noble and cherished Press Release?

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Re:Preach on! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday August 22, 2006 @07:58AM (#15954501)

Me too!

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Re:The buck stops here (Score:2, Funny)

by fritzk3 ( 883083 ) writes: <fritzk3@gPASCALmail.com minus language> on Tuesday August 22, 2006 @08:36AM (#15954637)

Say it with me: "Welcome! You've got FIRED!"

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