More like:

• They get a breakthrough called Q* (Q star) which is just combining 2 things we already knew about.

• Chief scientist dude tells the board Sam has plans for it already

• Board says Sam is going too fast with his “breakthroughs” and fires him.

• Original scientist who raised the flag realized his mistake and started supporting Sam but damage was done

• Microsoft

My bet is the board freaked out at how “powerful” they heard it was (which is still unfounded and from what they explain in various articles, Q* is not very groundbreaking) and jumped the gun. So now everyone wants them to resign because they’ve shown they’ll take drastic actions without asking on things they don’t understand.