[bowlofpetunias]

Although Ben could have handled this better, it's quite obvious that this is just a strategically motivated witch hunt by Joyent. Their actions are vicious and completely out of proportion.

Sidenote: In Ben's native language, using gender neutral pronouns is considerably more contrived and artificial, and therefor not a regular subject of debate when it comes to gender equality.

[IsaacSchlueter]

Yep. Joyent's new corporate strategy: hunting witches. Nailed it.

[doe88]

Which would indeed explain the sheer violence of the blog post.