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>thus shareholders would be affected

Why not just tell it like it is then? Dear shareholders, I'm leaving because I'm rich / bored with Github and not because there was a falling-out.

>why does it bother you so much? Simply do not read it.

So you're suggesting people should just not read or listen to anything that they don't like? And just keep quiet?

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> Why not just tell it like it is then?

Because what you suggested is extremely impersonal, arrogant, harsh, cold, and dismissive of the work of all the employees working under you.

A little off-topic, but why does the CEO even need to say goodbye? I'm not really concerned with listening the words of most CEOs of companies I work at. It's just another job at the company, albeit, probably one with a bit too much power and influence.

Because most likely he is already somewhere and this other company is not ready yet to share the change of CEO.

This case has more than 50% likelihood.

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