Steve has a perfect right to do this if he wants. However I don't believe
it's going to be effective, since red hat will continue to operate
independently, so it has the same management as before.

I think the most instructive thing I've seen so far is the fact that SpaceX
does not use it in their custom distribution.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019, 17:46 Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:54:09 +0200
> Evilham via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> > On dg., set. 29 2019, golinux@??? wrote:
> >
> > > On 2019-09-28 21:32, Steve Litt wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I just wrote IBM asking them to reconsider systemd, given that
> > >> IBM's
> > >> business model is different from the old Red Hat's.
>
> [big snip]
>
> > +1. That's shy of stalking,
>
> "Just shy of stalking" is hyperbole way over the top. It's also
> pretty insulting.
>
> Both people I wrote are public figures, both are high officers in a
> corporation, and neither is my current or ex lover, in reality or in my
> mind. I'm writing them about business, not about some relationship I
> think I have with them. I neither contacted them outside of their
> business, nor followed or snooped on them outside their business.
>
> There's a long and rich tradition of people writing the CEO or other
> high officers. The usual result is that somebody is assigned to examine
> the merits of the letter writer.
>
> So if you think what I'm doing is counterproductive, fine, say so
> (which you did in the next sentence) and don't write a letter. But
> don't insult me or other letter writers by putting my action *anywhere*
> on the stalking scale.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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