Discussion
Just 8 days after I began this thread re: maybe switching to a #FrameworkLaptop, a scandal broke that #Framework directly funded toxic individual FOSS developers.
It's not clear to me yet whether an outright boycott is warranted, but what's already obvious is Framework acts like a classic VC-funded tech startup in making foolish unforced errors in policy decision-making b/c they're too busy “moving fast & breaking things” to pay attention to important details (such as past CoC violations)…(1/3)
(3/3)…I've spent my entire career using #IBM laptops knowing this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
…& then after IBM sold #Lenovo, I was then using laptops made by people w/ strong ties to a human-rights-violating regime.
So, let's have perspective: IBM has still never apologized for *literally* helping the Nazis & #Framework may still be the “least evil” of *traditional* laptop companies.
But, this incident does make me wanna desperately find way to make @mntmn's #MNTReform suit my computing needs.
(2/3)…the meta-issues of their handling of the messaging is itself enough to convince me #Framework's not a well-led org.
The easy politically savvy response for @frameworkcomputer would have been (esp. b/c it is probably true): “We didn't vet our grantees as well as we should. We apologize but we also can't logistically or legally claw back these already made grants. We are now rethinking our entire grant program.”
Instead a clumsy snap-response from the CEO of: “We are making a big tent.”🤦…
@thomasclaburn of
@theregister wrote an article about the #FrameworkLaptop situation…
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/framework_linux_controversy/?td=rt-3a
…which links to the accounting of grantmaking that #Framework posted yesterday…
https://frame.work/blog/framework-sponsorships
I think it's a tough decision whether to buy Framework products at this point. My bigger concern remains how badly this was handled.
I'm glad to have learned about @novacustom from this mess, & I'm leaning toward them.
I can learn to live without any hope of a Trackpoint, I guess.🤣
@thomasclaburn of
@theregister wrote an article about the #FrameworkLaptop situation…
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/framework_linux_controversy/?td=rt-3a
…which links to the accounting of grantmaking that #Framework posted yesterday…
https://frame.work/blog/framework-sponsorships
I think it's a tough decision whether to buy Framework products at this point. My bigger concern remains how badly this was handled.
I'm glad to have learned about @novacustom from this mess, & I'm leaning toward them.
I can learn to live without any hope of a Trackpoint, I guess.🤣
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