[phodo]

I applaud him (a former employee did this at one of the incubators in the valley and I always thought: mad respect), but want to to comment on the "no worse" statement. This is a typical tragedy of the commons mentality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

Sure, if one person does this, AOL is no worse off, but if everyone adopts this attitude, it will have an adverse effect.

[joshuamerrill]

This isn't a tragedy of the commons. The food, office space, couches, etc., that the entrepreneur used were not "common" property—they were paid for by directly by AOL.

I'm flabbergasted that you can applaud him for this. It's like a former bank employee stealing money from the vault, because someone forgot to take away his badge.

[koide]

I'm flabbergasted that you take his offense as if he drowned two babies and an old lady with her cat. It certainly was unethical, but his action was immature, not evil. I really fail to see an intent to cause harm. Now, he shouldn't get a prize out of it either, but that's VC for you.

Maybe you are this upset because you fear it will affect you personally?