Stuart Scott has been fired as the CIO of Microsoft. Yes, fired, not "he’s resigned" or any of those euphemisms.

Speculation grew today over the reasons behind Miscrosoft’s dismissal of
Stuart Scott, its chief information officer (CIO). The company cited only a "violation
of company policies".

Mr Scott, who was responsible for Microsoft’s technology infrastructure, was
fired yesterday after two years in the job, but the company declined to
elaborate on the reasons.

A spokesman for the company, reading from a statement, said only: "Stuart
Scott’s employment with Microsoft was terminated after an investigation for
violation of company policies."

Employees at the world’s largest software maker said today that the dismissal
was "unprecedented," suggesting that Mr Scott’s actions
constituted a grave breach of the company’s standards of professional
conduct.

Quite which rule Stuart Scott broke isn’t really known, although there are ideas:

The computer software giant refused to give a reason for the firing,
but sources in Redmond say the executive had an affair with one of his
subordinates who had recently received a substantial promotion from Mr.
Scott.

Ahh, the Paul Wolfowtiz/Bill Clinton thing then. Amazing how much harsher people are in the business world (like thet were with the President of Boeing) isn’t it?