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This was an interesting point, but prefixing it with a call to authority was both needless and distracting. Why did you include it?

aeling 8y ago
I didn't read the Google Cloud part as an assertion of authority, just as a disclosure - if they're talking about competitors (and especially how the choice of competitor negatively impacted GitHub) I appreciate it. (disclosure - I work for a competitor, not on cloud stuff)
- wnevets 8y ago
  I also appreciate it. Its very common for owners/employees to criticize/attack competitors online anonymously. While the GP wasn't attacking, its just nice to know he works for a competitor.
boulos 8y ago
That wasn’t my intent, quite the opposite actually. I don’t want it to read as “S3 is awfully slow, that’s what the problem was. If they were using GCS then < awesome outcome >”. Knowing that I work at a competing vendor is useful knowledge in this case.
- hnaccy 8y ago
  >I don’t want it to read as “S3 is awfully slow, that’s what the problem was. If they were using GCS then < awesome outcome >”. You don't mention Google at all outside of the opening statement so who would read it that way?
  - gpm 8y ago
    Google cloud is a significant direct competitor to AWS. Anything criticizing AWS reads that way to some extent.
  - icelancer 8y ago
    Because if he doesn't disclose it and we find out, it looks terrible and like he's trying to hide something.
  - OJFord 8y ago
    If I know a competitor wrote it, I don't read it as negative. To me, it's a welcome courtesy, but as you say, I couldn't assume it if absent; so I'd probably paint a negative picture of S3 with the same albeit unprefaced sentence. (Plus, I'm always pleased to see someone not call it a 'disclaimer'!)
  - shaklee3 8y ago
    He mentions Google frequently in his posts for context. It's very useful, and there was nothing disparaging that he said.
  - ksec 8y ago
    Disclosure of Interest should be a common practice across all Industry and web discussions. It provides a lot of additional perspective, most of the places do not adhere to this. Fortunately HN has kept the culture of disclosure intact.

aeling 8y ago

I didn't read the Google Cloud part as an assertion of authority, just as a disclosure - if they're talking about competitors (and especially how the choice of competitor negatively impacted GitHub) I appreciate it. (disclosure - I work for a competitor, not on cloud stuff)

wnevets 8y ago
I also appreciate it. Its very common for owners/employees to criticize/attack competitors online anonymously. While the GP wasn't attacking, its just nice to know he works for a competitor.

boulos 8y ago

That wasn’t my intent, quite the opposite actually. I don’t want it to read as “S3 is awfully slow, that’s what the problem was. If they were using GCS then < awesome outcome >”. Knowing that I work at a competing vendor is useful knowledge in this case.

hnaccy 8y ago
>I don’t want it to read as “S3 is awfully slow, that’s what the problem was. If they were using GCS then < awesome outcome >”. You don't mention Google at all outside of the opening statement so who would read it that way?
- gpm 8y ago
  Google cloud is a significant direct competitor to AWS. Anything criticizing AWS reads that way to some extent.
- icelancer 8y ago
  Because if he doesn't disclose it and we find out, it looks terrible and like he's trying to hide something.
- OJFord 8y ago
  If I know a competitor wrote it, I don't read it as negative. To me, it's a welcome courtesy, but as you say, I couldn't assume it if absent; so I'd probably paint a negative picture of S3 with the same albeit unprefaced sentence. (Plus, I'm always pleased to see someone not call it a 'disclaimer'!)
- shaklee3 8y ago
  He mentions Google frequently in his posts for context. It's very useful, and there was nothing disparaging that he said.
- ksec 8y ago
  Disclosure of Interest should be a common practice across all Industry and web discussions. It provides a lot of additional perspective, most of the places do not adhere to this. Fortunately HN has kept the culture of disclosure intact.