I find this political mess to be interesting, but I'm not sure it's an appropriate topic of conversation for the "professional community."
It looks to me like people on both sides were bothering the other over and extended period of time and it got worse till it led to this.
Having seen similar over my career I don't understand what digging into this accomplishes besides making all sides more upset.
I do think it is wrong for the professional relationship ( continuing to sell technology ) to be ended over a personal dispute.
From where I stand it looks like Phil is attempting to defend himself by being open about what happened even though the whole situation seems unpleasant.
Besides that I think it is likely best if all sides in this just cease communicating or saying anything more and move on from the personal stuff.
It looks to me like people on both sides were bothering the other over and extended period of time and it got worse till it led to this.
Having seen similar over my career I don't understand what digging into this accomplishes besides making all sides more upset.
I do think it is wrong for the professional relationship ( continuing to sell technology ) to be ended over a personal dispute.
From where I stand it looks like Phil is attempting to defend himself by being open about what happened even though the whole situation seems unpleasant.
Besides that I think it is likely best if all sides in this just cease communicating or saying anything more and move on from the personal stuff.
My two cents.