Doug Landry needs to apologize
 I am just sick to my stomach. I was surfing tonight when I ran across a story that simply has me steamed. The insensitive actions of a Mac Rumor site has cost a young man his job with Apple. You can find out more by reading this story. Then take a gander at the forum postings reacting to the story. You can also find out more by reading the victims blog.
I am just sick to my stomach. I have deleted my bookmark to the site that posted the information. I will not provide a link to that site. The image you see is of the story (the only thing I did was to remove any ads and blur the site title). Click on it and you will see a full size image of the story that may have cost Adam his job. A job he had passion for and loved. A job he respected so much, and now it's gone due to the negligence and ignorance of an amatuer journalist named Doug Landry.
I am just sick to my stomach. Even if he was going to post the images (which Adam exposed in error), the least that Landry could have done is move them to a different location and not say where he got them. Instead, in a fine example of stupid amateur journalism, Landry post a direct link, names the source, and then works hard to maintain the link when Adam moves the screenshots. Then he refuses to respond to emails from Adam.
I am just sick to my stomach. Yes Adam should not have made the dumb mistake of exposing the files. We all make dumb mistakes. Apple should give Adam his job back, and Doug Landry should publicly apologize for his part of this fiasco. Landry owes Adam, his readers, and Apple and apology for the damage he has done.
I am just sick to my stomach...mj
(update 10:27 pacific, Doug Landry responded to my email claiming that he only posted his story when he found out Apple had already been notified. This does not change the fact that Landry should never have posted Adams name, or the information in the first place. If Landry had not posted it is possible this might have been nothing more then a minor write up in Adam's personal file. Instead, Adam lost his job.)
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