Linus Tech Tips

imo it’s the natural outcome of the kind of growth they’ve experienced while not putting significant effort into using outside consultants or hires to get their corporate structure right.

I think the problem was the lab idea. When they started going along the lab idea I did feel like it was not really there area of expertise and I thought it was odd that other companies were so interested. In order for the lab results to be trustworthy the company has to be far more open and professional than LTT really is. They probably have to allow external auditors to come in and have a look from time to time which wasn't something they really seem to account for.

Like don't get me wrong, it's a great idea and it's probably something the world needs, but I wouldn't have thought that they were the people to carry it out. I've always seen LTT as Top Gear but with computers.

He is not completely in the right because as unbiased as he wants to be, at the end of the day, he is still criticizing a competitor.

You can use this to question whether his motives are pure, but suggesting he is "not completely in the right" is just weird. He is well within his rights to criticise a competitor. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Yes, how dare he criticize a competitor in the hopes of making them a better competitor

What unassailable logic.

Steve pointed out that most of the errors were caught by himself and not addressed previously. I'd imagine with their previously close ties that the GN crew planned on reaching out privately, but after being thrown under the bus they decided to go full on ass blast.

So it's basically wrong to criticize a competitor?

GN gave LMG a rope to pull them up with so they could be better, LMG tied it into a noose and hung themselves. GN did pretty much exactly the right thing to allow LMG to improve themselves.