> Plenty of companies seem to think that seeming like "a good company" is a sufficient business reason to do a post-mortem. 'good company' to what audience? Ha

> Plenty of companies seem to think that seeming like "a good company" is a sufficient business reason to do a post-mortem. 'good company' to what audience? Hackers and security people and 'nerds'. How big is that audience? You don't make business decisions based like that. It's business after all. Look at all the (for lack of a better way to put it) 'dicked off' things Apple has done. They pissed off (and continue to piss off) very diverse groups of people and companies that interact with them. In the end the vast majority of the Apple customers (the people who pay them money) don't care about this at all. Note I didn't say that things couldn't be shared with direct and important groups of people. Just that it didn't have to be open and public and broadcast in any way as entertainment or help for the community at large.