I met Chad Whitacre at the Gittip booth at PyCon (the heart-punching coin machine was pretty cool!). I found him to be very earnest and interested in the percep

I met Chad Whitacre at the Gittip booth at PyCon (the heart-punching coin machine was pretty cool!). I found him to be very earnest and interested in the perception of his company. I'm glad he felt strongly enough about the openness to refuse to conduct the interview. Hopefully the community can rally behind him in solidarity. The correspondence reflects very poorly on the TC reporter.