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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by rhizome on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:10PM (#11049877)
Who is saying they can't have an opinion?
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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by 1123581321 on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:20PM (#11049928)
To be prevented from participating in a process is to be prevented from having a meaningful opinion about that process.
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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by rhizome on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:27PM (#11049972)
I don't agree that if they can't lead the program, that means they are being prevented from having a meaningful opinion about it. That's all they're talking about, right? Who leads the program?
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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by 1123581321 on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:31PM (#11050000)
Yes, presumably the leaders are to issue orders and everyone else is to follow them. That is not the kind of participation that allows opinions.

You may be saying that the non-white leadership is the kind of leadership that allows collaboration and influence from followers, which is what I would do, but the evidence in the Github case is to the contrary.

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by rhizome on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:45PM (#11050079)
Yes, presumably the leaders are to issue orders and everyone else is to follow them. That is not the kind of participation that allows opinions.

This sounds excessively harsh, do you really think that's how GitHub will run the program?

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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by malandrew on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:52PM (#11050114)
Considering that they are moving to a more enterprise-y management style where there are lots of middle managers, I would imagine that that is a very real possibility.
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