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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by strictnein on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:52PM (#24275955)
His reputation didn't really need "laundering". He ran a software company, sometimes aggressively, but people act like he ran a private military corporation and trafficked in blood diamonds.
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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by vlunkr on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:38PM (#24276468)
Agreed, outside of unix-like tech circles, I don't know that his reputation was ever that bad.
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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by monetus on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:05AM (#24281291)
I would say the negative perception extends pretty far past unix-like tech circles, now at least.
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