Had the phrases referring to Mafia, blackmail and extortion been left out of the piece, I'd totally agree with you. Including such words, however, is not "publ

Had the phrases referring to Mafia, blackmail and extortion been left out of the piece, I'd totally agree with you. Including such words, however, is not "publicly criticizing" someone nor "outright denouncing them in stern but entirely truthful terms". They're meant to incite the other side. They're there to show righteous anger and having as many readers as 37Signals does, it's completely out of bounds. Combine that with the complete and utter lack of professionalism displayed by Jason and that post can, and will be, taken as public shaming of GS. Public shaming is not criticism nor denouncement. But yes, you're right. The only companies scared will be the ones who want to follow a similar model. Of course, I'd have preferred to have the technical issues pointed out so that those up-and-coming companies can learn from this debacle, but I guess appealing to people's fears is much better. After all, that's what most of the world's governments have been doing to their people, so why expect more from our technical leaders.