On 13/03/15 18:11, Xavier de Gaye wrote:
The Python developers have also discussed recently about moving to GitHub
versus BitBucket. See this thread:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/150459/focus=150639
In one of the 100 mails of this thread, one of the core developers
raised the
issue that GitHub might not be an ethical company due to its
<quote>allegedly toxic and bullying culture</quote>, see :
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/150484
This should also be taken into account by the Vim community.
Even though I didn't say it explicitly in my analysis of the three
companies,
I implied absolutely that due to the investor pressure of the $100M
investment
Github could start prioritising their investors (and the image portrayed to
investors) over their traditional business values. A good article about the
incident in question, which happened around March 2014, is on TechCrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/15/julie-ann-horvath-describes-sexism-and-intimidation-behind-her-github-exit/
It looks like the recent river of money into the company (with which the
girl
in question was probably hired) is already creating a "toxic culture"
and the
company hasn't even floated on the stock market yet. After they go
public, who
knows what they might do to their core services, regardless of the current
situation.
I agree that Vim, given the choice (and I believe it has a choice)
should not
indirectly support companies that put profit before the ethics of the
services
they provide.
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