Vic Gundotra, Scoble's boss' boss, writes a post titled "In defense of the company I love" in his very new blog.  In short, it's his response to the attacks on Microsoft for taking a neutral stance on recent Washington state legislation regarding anti-discrimination in the workplace.  I think it nicely sums up how a lot of employees feel about working at/for Microsoft.  It's well worth the read...

With regard to my own feelings on the subject matter, well I think diversity is extremely important and I sincerely appreciate the culturally diverse atmosphere that Microsoft has allowed to flourish within our company.  Personally, I support the legislation, but per a recent internal email from Steve Ballmer explaining the why the company's stance is neutral I can now understand why the corporate decision was made. 

Scoble is even asking HR if he can post the email to clarify for everyone else out there!  I'm 100% behind him on this one!

Update 4.24.2005 - HR told Scoble it was ok to post SteveB's letter to employees.  Oh, and Robert responds to it.

More Updates 4.24.2005 - Vic Gundotra responds to Scoble's response...how far will this go?  In all honesty, this is one of the reason's I love working at Microsoft.  How many other companies will have raw, uncensored public debates such as this?  Not too damn many!

~tod