The author has two beefs: 1. Clearly, he's upset about inappropriate treatment of Ukrainian citizens. (Fine - so am I.) 2. He's also upset at being forced to

The author has two beefs: 1. Clearly, he's upset about inappropriate treatment of Ukrainian citizens. (Fine - so am I.) 2. He's also upset at being forced to use Azure IoT frameworks when most FPGA applications don't need (or can't use) them. For some reason, he's chosen to bury (1) until the end of the post, and amplified (2) to compensate. However, (2) may be completely moot: the current InnovateFPGA rules have an "OR" where he claims an "AND". The rules state: "Solution submission must use content platforms including Analog Devices plug-in boards, Azure IoT Central *OR* Azure IoT Hub" The author writes: "Also, among the requirements there was: 'Contestants will utilize the Terasic DE10-Nano FPGA Cloud Connectivity Kit, with Analog Devices plug-in cards, *AND* connected to the cloud using selected Microsoft Azure Cloud Services.'" The "AND" vs. "OR" make all the difference. (This may have been a recent rules change: the "AND" text exists on-line, but is not currently on the official contest rules.) The whole post seems to rest on pretty shaky territory, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear. After all, if InnovateFPGA is the wrong venue for "ugly political antics", how is blog@CACM any better?