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Re:ThoughtWorks Mourns Colleague Aaron Swartz, Responds to M... by sandofsky on Monday January 14, 2013 @03:42PM (#5056543)
On the one hand, it appears he was a lead on an active project there. I think there are tasteful ways to honor a colleague.

I don't think this is tasteful. It looks like it submitted to press release services. The "About Thoughtworks" blurb serves only to promote the company. Even if their motivations really were selfless, it doesn't look like it from the outside.

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Re:ThoughtWorks Mourns Colleague Aaron Swartz, Responds to M... by bensw on Monday January 14, 2013 @03:44PM (#5056560)
This was likely what they wanted to say yesterday, but were instead waiting for the PR guys to be back in the office to give it the once over.
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