GitHub’s CEO publicly defended a controversial internal Microsoft memo that urged managers to factor employees’ use of Copilot‑style tools into performance reflections, calling the guidance “totally fair game” and reframing the conversation as learning and mindset rather than blunt surveillance...
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Internal email at Microsoft released to public ... (By US Court Judge)
From: Jon Shirley [mailto:JonS@orchard.ms]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:51 PM
To: Steve Ballmer
Subject: Vista
I upraded one of the two machines I use a lot to Vista. The most persistent and so far hardest to fix...
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