Today I’ve learned that there’s a manufacturer of Linux laptops that indefinitely stops shipping its products to entire geographical regions whenever they have an argument with somebody from that region (Colorado and Maryland are already on the list).
And for as much as I agree in principle with some of their arguments, and for as much as I agree with them with the issue of poor documentation of open-source projects, I’m also appalled from childish reactions like these:
System76’s Principal Engineer decided to chime in and make a fool of himself, so we banned the entire state of Colorado for life.
I’ll remind myself never to get a laptop from #Malibal. A company that may stop supporting or shipping items to all of their customers in a whole region whenever they have an argument with someone isn’t a company that can be trusted with anything, no matter how principled and well-intentioned.
It’s a shame because it seems like they build good Linux laptops that are 100% open, but someone who’s so unprofessional and undependable doesn’t deserve to stay in business for long.
p.s. To all their potential customers in the Netherlands: I’m sorry if this post ends up with them banning shipments here.
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