SiliconBeat

Last week, my column asked the question of whether sexism played a role in the firing of VMware CEO Diane Greene. I felt that Greene’s departure was unusually abrupt and harsh, compared to the way such things usually happen. And by way of example, I cited the recent departure of CEO Hector Ruiz at AMD.

No bit surprise: I heard an earful from readers. But because I was on the road for a chunk of last week, I’m just catching up with some of the chatter. I wanted to post some of the more thoughtful responses here, both in support and against my central point: Read the rest of this entry »