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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by iancmceachern on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:12PM (#46618791)
I am a lifelong Sparkfun and Adafruit customer, I grew up and went to engineering school just down the street from Sparkfun.

This event will cause me to no longer be a Sparkfun customer.

There is no one that I have more respect for in this world than limor. She has done more for this industry, education and open source than anyone alive.

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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by itomato on Thursday January 15, 2026 @09:15AM (#46632815)
there would be no limor without nate. fact.
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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by huslage on Thursday January 15, 2026 @10:29AM (#46633884)
That is a ridiculous statement.
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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by itomato on Thursday January 15, 2026 @12:45PM (#46636312)
without Sparkfun, whose catalog could they have scraped?

Without Sparkfun developing the business model for them to copy, where would they be?

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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by iancmceachern on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:05AM (#46643829)
You mean the radio shack business model?

The Heathkit business model?

The Eico business model?

Jameco? Digikey?

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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by itomato on Friday January 16, 2026 @06:00AM (#46645186)
you wouldn't know of them if they had emulated any of those.
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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by iancmceachern on Thursday January 15, 2026 @09:20AM (#46632902)
That makes his conduct is even worse
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