I've seen this happen quite a lot in the Open Source and hacker world. The sort of glib bravado that goes down so well with your friends on mailing lists and a

I've seen this happen quite a lot in the Open Source and hacker world. The sort of glib bravado that goes down so well with your friends on mailing lists and at your local meetups just doesn't translate well when you're trying to convince Fortune500 companies to give you millions of dollars. I bet the person in question had gotten nothing but cheers and support for their anit-systemd rhetoric from their immediate peers and was shocked and surprised to find that it didn't go down just as well in the wider world.