Wow, I didn't expect this reply. I had the exact same thought after I read this HN thread [1] from 3 weeks ago about coordination-free distributed consistency [2]. Is this what you had in mind?
Yes, I agree that it's hard. It's hard to displace dictators in general. It still must be done. And we should learn from this as a society and tweak the rules to make it harder for anyone to become a dictator in the future.
> Q: Is this atypical behaviour for someone in his position?
Does it matter? It must not be rewarded, regardless of how common it is.
Allowing share structures that divorce ownership from decision power may not be such a good idea after all. More generally, we should probably also reconsider fiduciary duty as the sole motive force of corporations.
I meant that Google was the company who used Perforce in the past, and not Microsoft. Google isn't using it anymore either; they switched to their own thing named Piper.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19316737
[2] https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/03/06/keeping-calm-when-distri...