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> What a joy to work with Bryan et al. Presumably not for Ben Noordhuis: https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-pow
by zeveb 7y ago
> What a joy to work with Bryan et al.
Presumably not for Ben Noordhuis: https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun
That blog post is why I resolved never to do business with Bryan Cantrill or Joyent. I don't know if it influenced others to do likewise, but I can't imagine that it actually helped the company succeed.
- appleflaxen 7y agoBut the entire point of the post you linked is that they don't work together.
- nosequel 7y agoIt sounds to me like the parent was on Ben's side and he wanted to keep all the gendered pronouns in place.
- ktm5j 7y agoSo you don't want open source to be more inclusive? Seems like a silly reason for your decision.. I don't understand your motivation here.
- lurker20484 7y agoWow, didn't realise Bryan was such a dick. What a shame.
- ra33it 7y ago"an engineer that has so little empathy as to not understand why the use of gendered pronouns is a concern almost certainly makes poor technical decisions as well." lurker resembles this remark.
- sgt 7y agoMy goodness. Bryan Cantrill comes off as a complete fascist in that blog post. I can't believe he would actually post something like that on Joyent's domain. It's a personal attack on someone doing something he disagrees with. Shaming via a public space like that is just not done. It's okay to agree to disagree on a subject like gendered pronouns, just like it's okay to disagree on abortion laws or gun control.