What is Google doing with its open source teams? • The Register, 27 Jan 2023

"Remember when Google's motto was "Don't be Evil"? I do. Even though Google dumped that phrase from its code of conduct in 2018, many of us still thought Google was a bit better than other companies. We were wrong. Those who were fired last week found out from emails, discovering they no longer had corporate access and their ID badges no longer worked. Class act, Google. How were they chosen? Good question. It has been widely reported that some of the firing was done by an algorithm. Those fired included staffers who had just received high performance reviews or held top managerial positions with annual compensation packages of $500,000 to $1 million. But, as I looked at who was being fired, something struck me. Many of those shown the doors were the best of the best in Google's open source program office (OSPO) and other open source efforts. For example, Chris DiBona, who founded Google's OSPO 18 years ago, was let go. As was Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and Google engineer; Cat Allman, former Program Manager for Developer EcoSystems; and Dave Lester, a new hire who was taking ownership of Google's open source security initiatives...."