Ever since the formation of Cyanogen Inc., co-founder and original founder of CyanogenMod Steve Kondik has largely been quiet and doing things behind the scenes. Even when the company’s loud-mouthed CEO Kirt McMaster made statements like putting a “bullet to Google’s head,” Kondik was nowhere to be found. Now that Cyanogen Inc. is shutting down its Seattle office, letting go of its employees and its future looking bleak, Kondik has finally spoken out about the mismanagement inside Cyanogen Inc., the future of CyanogenMod, and Kirt McMaster. In a post on Google+, Kondik says that Cyanogen Inc. was started with the vision to bring the OS to more devices. For this, he hired a lot of community folks and eventually raised a lot of money. However, once things started looking positive for the company, CEO Kirt McMaster started making nonsensical comments in public that tarnished Cyanogen Inc’s reputation. Since all this also affects CyanogenMod, Kondik ends his rant with a few questions to the community in which he suggests that due to IP and branding issues, CyanogenMod might need to be forked and rebranded. If you have been a long time CyanogenMod user and supporter, do make sure to voice your opinions and answer the questions asked by Steve to help the future of the project.
