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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by abm53 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:09AM (#38376857)
I think another factor is that they had very limited time. It was clear they needed to pick a side and build momentum quickly.

They couldn’t sit back and dwell on it for a few days because then the decision (i.e. the status quo) would have been made for them.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by Satam on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:26AM (#38376970)
Great point. Either way, when this all started it might have all been too late.

The board said "allowing the company to be destroyed would be consistent with the mission" - and they might have been right. What's now left is a money-hungry business with bad unit economics that's masquerading as a charity for the whole of humanity. A zombie.

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