Well, setting aside outrage, this looks like a primary source documenting a real problem for a marginal but sizable open source community (probably several--the

Well, setting aside outrage, this looks like a primary source documenting a real problem for a marginal but sizable open source community (probably several--the *BSDs.) It didn't really trigger my outrage button, and did inform me of something that had not actually crossed my mind--who got embargo information or not. So, with a lot on HNers interested in open source, and using open source software, I see value in raising awareness that we should let these vendors know we value this. Some of us are making purchasing decisions at our companies and can steer our dollars toward good corporate citizens. I find the outrage rather incidental to the post, regardless of even the email list author's intent in that regard.