5 posts and columns on Mark Lucovsky

To Kai-Fu Lee, Thanks for Everything

in News on September 9, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Kai-Fu Lee’s uneventful departure from Google to start a Beijing incubator really belies the spectacle that attended the beginning of his tenure at the search giant. Lee’s train-hopping from Microsoft to Google back in 2005 touched off a five-month pitched battle marked by all manner of inanities and expletive-laden outbursts.
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Hey, Lucovsky…Don't Let This Chair Hit You on the Way Out…

in News on July 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm PT

The rumors are true. Mark Lucovsky, the engineer whose departure from Microsoft allegedly sent CEO Steve Ballmer into a paroxysm of profanity and chair-tossing, has left Google for a new position at VMware, the company has confirmed.
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Hey, Lucovsky…Don’t Let This Chair Hit You on the Way Out…

in News on July 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm PT

The rumors are true. Mark Lucovsky, the engineer whose departure from Microsoft allegedly sent CEO Steve Ballmer into a paroxysm of profanity and chair-tossing, has left Google for a new position at VMware, the company has confirmed.
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OK, 100% Cash and I'll Throw in This Office Chair–but That's My Final Offer

in News on March 6, 2008 at 5:01 am PT

Prior to joining Google, I set up a meeting on or about Nov. 11, 2004, with Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss my planned departure. … At some point in the conversation, Mr. Ballmer said: ‘Just tell me it’s not Google.’ I told him it was Google. At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a [...]

OK, 100% Cash and I’ll Throw in This Office Chair–but That’s My Final Offer

in News on March 6, 2008 at 5:01 am PT

Prior to joining Google, I set up a meeting on or about Nov. 11, 2004, with Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss my planned departure. … At some point in the conversation, Mr. Ballmer said: ‘Just tell me it’s not Google.’ I told him it was Google. At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a [...]