> "We wish Sparkfun the best of luck"

This would mean admitting the allegations are 100% true and harming their business even more with the risk of losing it all in worst case. Now we can assume it's not as simple as SparkFun makes it. It's a dirty situation, but necessary, and justified if they are really a victim.

> but the post you are responding to is clearly looking for a public fight.

SparkFun started the war, AdaFruit seem to only defend here.

> This would mean admitting the allegations are 100% true

I don't see why this would be the case at all.

No bone in this fight, but in this day and age, when someone levels an accusation of unspecified "code of conduct violation", I automatically think "oh, geez another sex pest". And of course start reading because I can't resist tabloid gossip either.

Some amount of defense is appropriate just to clear the air. Maybe this has gone too far, but hey, we're all still reading. I don't even know what a Teensy is.

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