Good. Businesses passing judgment on their customers due to public pressure from vocal activists is not a good precedent.
Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
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Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, the above poster is pointing out the dishonesty in claiming that Chef has the ability to stop family separation and detainment.
I don't see anyone claiming that
> > to be clear: I also find policies such as separating families and detaining children wrong and contrary to the best interests of our country.
> "I simply have all the ability and none of the desire to do anything about it"
The root commenter seems to be saying that the CEO of chef has "all the ability" to change this situation.
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#44Regarding the deleted Ruby gems: I think it's unprofessional for developers to try and bring down production services just because they disagree with a company move. It's also a bit immature. The thing to do in this case is to quit. Down your tools and quit, but don't destroy the hard work of your teammates and betray the trust of all your investors and customers.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can see where he's coming from: if he refuses to do business with ICE because he disagrees with something they're doing (whether he or they are actually wrong), he's implicitly endorsing every aspect of every customer he does choose to do business with.
This is common 'tech guy' thinking where an action is immoral and impossible unless it can be generalized to apply to every situation for all time. It's bullshit though. That isn't how life works, it's not a humane standard to hold people to, and no one does it. You make judgements. The squeaky wheel gets noticed. And just because you notice one squeaky wheel doesn't mean you are required to inspect every wheel for p…
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#47For the record (if it matters) I am very pro-immigration and pro-immigrant rights, but I don't think denying chef services to ICE will actually do anything - let me explain. Lets look at this from another perspective (couldn't hurt, right?). I am a company that sells paper. Some companies might use this paper for very bad things (printing out patents?). Do I comb through all my clients and determine what they are usi…
Paper is an interchangeable commodity with many suppliers. Specific software products often are not. Furthermore, there's a difference between "someone bought this commodity from a distributor" and "we have a contract specifically with this entity".
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#48Regarding the deleted Ruby gems: I think it's unprofessional for developers to try and bring down production services just because they disagree with a company move. It's also a bit immature. The thing to do in this case is to quit. Down your tools and quit, but don't destroy the hard work of your teammates and betray the trust of all your investors and customers.
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#49I took the liberty of invoking Godwin's Law and re-purposed this template, it should make you consider how weak this statement really is. """ While I understand that many of you and many of our community members would prefer we had no business relationship with the Third Reich, I have made a principled decision, with the support of the IBM executive team, to work with the institutions of our government, regardless of…
Re: Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE
#50For the record (if it matters) I am very pro-immigration and pro-immigrant rights, but I don't think denying chef services to ICE will actually do anything - let me explain. Lets look at this from another perspective (couldn't hurt, right?). I am a company that sells paper. Some companies might use this paper for very bad things (printing out patents?). Do I comb through all my clients and determine what they are usi…
Paper is an interchangeable commodity with many suppliers. Specific software products often are not. Furthermore, there's a difference between "someone bought this commodity from a distributor" and "we have a contract specifically with this entity".