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> I still can't tell what their plan was. Or what point they were trying to make. Or how they expected to handle the legal challenge. I like the idea one of th
by kick 6y ago
> I still can't tell what their plan was. Or what point they were trying to make. Or how they expected to handle the legal challenge.
I like the idea one of the Dreamwidth people threw up: it was probably intentionally aiming to bait a court case:
https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1244257620548038656 https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1244257620548038656
(Thanks to 'Apocryphon for posting it originally on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22734145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22734145 )
This doesn't necessarily seem out of line with something Brewster et al. would do, and it is the simplest explanation, so I tend to be on the side of it.
- nine_k 6y agoIt's a very reasonable explanation. I wonder what they had thought their chance of winning was at GHG height of the panic, and what is it now. I also wonder why would they risk their other, very valuable and unique work, knowing full well that the chance of turning bankrupt is definitely nonzero.