Microsoft is losing the good will they've worked so hard to rebuild.
Microsoft employees, managers, Satya: do you see what you're doing? I love the direction you've taken over the past five years, but bowing to the RIAA and attempting to disrupt an innocuous tool are horrible decisions. It's a chilling note, and everyone involved in tech can hear it.
Are you telling us Github is not a safe place to develop software anymore? Because I'll believe it and go elsewhere.
Siding with the RIAA and bringing engineers' Github accounts into compliance will tell us who your real customers and allies are.
Don't side with regressive legal trolls that bring zero benefit to the world.
Microsoft employees, managers, Satya: do you see what you're doing? I love the direction you've taken over the past five years, but bowing to the RIAA and attempting to disrupt an innocuous tool are horrible decisions. It's a chilling note, and everyone involved in tech can hear it.
Are you telling us Github is not a safe place to develop software anymore? Because I'll believe it and go elsewhere.
Siding with the RIAA and bringing engineers' Github accounts into compliance will tell us who your real customers and allies are.
Don't side with regressive legal trolls that bring zero benefit to the world.