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Satyam is the buzzword now
Social networking sites and blogs are full of messages and news on Satyam
FLAVOUR OF THE DAY: Developments at Satyam Computer Services not only dominated the news media but also the cyberspace.
BANGALORE: Whoever said techies don’t have a sense of humour? The link http://asatyam.com announces “Welcome to Asatyam! Please wait while we direct you to our competition.”
Seconds later the URL directs you to Satyam Computer Services’ investor information page.
This is just one of the many giggles coded by fast-thinking techies shared who chose to “tweet” their blues away once the Satyam debacle sunk in.
Jokes apart, social networking sites and blogs were inundated with messages, news links and the latest on the Satyam front. The navel-gazing techie was transformed within minutes into a clued in, news-hungry crusader.
While one of the twitters pleads with the CEO to explain his case on blogspace, another has a Satyam staffer expressing his anguish over “betrayal”.
“Now the CFO resigns!” exclaims another tweet while one from New York points out the irony behind the company’s name.
On social networking forums such as Orkut and Facebook, Satyam was the buzzword. Minutes after the Satyam press conference on Thursday, groups of those promised jobs during campus recruitment discussed on Orkut the tough questions posed by the media and took hope that the company would meet its commitment considering its management is now in a fish bowl. “The last event that generated so much interest and activity was the Mumbai terror attack. Ramalinga Raju’s letter to the board and video links were uploaded in no time,” said Narayan Apte, a software engineer in IBM.
Mr. Apte was glued to his PC, especially because his close friend had recently quit his secure job at IBM for a management-level profile at Satyam.
A CNBC programme which aired the file footage of Mr. Ramalinga Raju’s three-month-old interview and attempted to deconstruct the “body language of a liar” was uploaded on several blogs.
Ramalinga Raju, a blogger who claims to have the same name, expresses his anguish. “There was this recent instance of Satyam cracking down on some employees for some petty bills fraud. Now tell me who’s the fraud!”
On a more serious note, blogs and tweets are addressing the more serious issue of investor trust and discussing the course the IT industry will take. While many employees are posting messages of panic, others are tight-lipped.
“There is a blanket ban on us talking to the media. But no one asked us not to tweet,” quipped Satyamite Sudarshan on twitter.
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