Derek Powazek 🐐Nov 30, 2023
This is how librarians say "fuck you, you racist piece of shit."
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/
Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs

We at Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using the project management platform, Basecamp, to which we have subscribed for almost a decade. We came to this decision after weighing the level of its use in our organization, which is considerable, against the harms that we see perpetuated by the leadership of Basecamp’s parent … Continue reading Why We’re Dropping Basecamp →

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Show threadDerek Powazek 🐐Nov 30, 2023
I am not a librarian, so I can just say, hey fuck you, David Heinemeier Hansson! You're a piece of shit!
Show threadjwzDec 1, 2023
@fraying Sadly, my business also uses Basecamp, but it's hard for me to imagine that A) any commercial competitor is not also run by a piece of shit or B) that whatever the Linux version is actually works.
Show threadDerek Powazek 🐐
@jwz yeah from the looks of it, they’re switching to Microsoft, which, yeah. What you said.
Dec 1, 2023 at 12:56amWeb
Show threadLuis VillaDec 1, 2023
@fraying @jwz Yeah, I wonder whether MS donates merely more to the GOP than Basecamp’s entire revenue, or an entire order of magnitude more.
Show threadjwzDec 1, 2023

@luis_in_brief @fraying
Ha, ouch!

The terms of my parole require me to post this clip any time MICROS~1 comes up.

Show threadLuis VillaDec 1, 2023
@fraying @jwz ( @Migueldeicaza might know!)