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Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter to Yahoo [Exits]

(Posted on  Valleywag  4 months ago)

Stewart Butterfield, the cantankerous cofounder of Flickr, has, as we've noted, tendered his resignation to Yahoo, as has wife and cofounder Caterina Fake. The two recently celebrated, along with Flickr's other original employees, a "Vestfest… (visit source article)
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marwei posted a reply: That is really bizarre! Bizarre but entertaining. What'd we do without the ValleyWag, eh? :-)

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