Change passwords in as many places as applicable. Things may be amicable right now -- circumstances change, the employee may become disgruntled later. Or someone may try to use social engineering and/or impersonate that person.

Even if the only way into the innards of your operation is through a VPN connection they will no longer have access to, you should still change passwords on essential accounts -- those that would cause you the most harm if they became inaccessible or broken. Ditto for any public spaces that are not controlled by Corporate IT -- GitHub, company Facebook page, whatever. The higher up the ladder this person is, the larger the list of places you should be making sure are inaccessible after they leave.

The routine of changing passwords on this scale should be one that is well documented and regularly performed regardless of human turn-over.

Go on, early adopters, pay to prove me wrong.

If your counter argument is "nanny nanny boo boo", then aren't you rather confirming OP's point that this is a game of ideological mud slinging?

They've actually got on top of much of the core stuff in the past few years. Which is why it's astonishing that they went so nuts with "Window" 8.

Remember when Gates BSOD'd Win98 at a presentation? And laughed, because he know that people would still queue up to buy it.

You don't "lay off" in order to recruit "new people". In many jurisdictions, you can't do that legally.

Not that EA has ever cared about silly little things like employment laws.

Incidentally, I work for a 10,000+ employ software company, and to my knowledge and belief, they have never "laid off" anyone, ever.

I'd better tell management that consistent year on year growth - and regularly heading up the best companies to work for lists - is "abnormal" and "unhealthy". They're doing it wrong!

Because when I read "EA" and "slashing workforce" I half expected it to be about "the cubicle stabbings will continue until morale improves."

Good job that's not in the slightest bit radioactive then.

If nuclear adopted the same attitude that coal has always had, then reactor leaks would be result in a shrug and a response of "So what, you can't see it, so it can't hurt you."

tl;dr version - money attracts money. Who knew?

I used to be a Bitcoin investor like you, then I took an Apple to the knee.

They're not far off. Try 900 miles.

Because by the time anyone who could come up with accurate estimate is asked for their opinion, the product has already been sold and the contracts signed.

Prioritise the order of development and get on with it. It'll be done when it's done, you'll get paid or you won't. Wasting time producing imaginary numbers has never fulfilled a contract, ever.

Anyone else having real problems not reading that as "instigating"?

Well, quite. An equally accurate headline would be "China #1 for dirty energy production".

Yes, "that whole age bracket" agrees with you, which is why the Historical Documents marked the beginning and end of the franchise, and it died alone, unloved and unremembered, inspiring nothing and no-one.