This is fundamentally embarrassing to all involved, and will one day feel similar to if a professional software engineer signing a letter condemning Linux as "c

This is fundamentally embarrassing to all involved, and will one day feel similar to if a professional software engineer signing a letter condemning Linux as "communist" and demanding the government stop it during the Microsoft heyday. If I had my name on such a letter today it would be something I'd cringe anytime I thought about it.