This is a tired take. Can a company not legitimately improve their product/offering without this being accused at them?
If you are referring to GH being owned by MS now, it's 2020 for godsake. Can we move on from our fathers' trauma? MS has been damn good lately in support of developers and developer tools.
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Something I've known for a while (but have really come to terms with more recently) is just how important writing skills are even for technical people (even coders). It's hard to get anything done if you can't convince people why they should listen to you.
Especially in this increasingly remote-connected world, writing skills are key.
That's why executives of big cos get paid big money. They are held accountable (or should be anyway) for the actions of their company. The buck stops with them so to speak.
If the thing is really a big deal, as in this case, maybe the exec should do more than just "send an email" and assume everything is fine.
Curious if anyone else has tried it and what the HN community thinks of the scientific claims.