It's not about the "balls to say names", and you know it!
It is about keeping the post neutral, otherwise the post is magically declared "off-topic".
For the others, do your research, trust your instincts. The issues and intentional foul-play that was mentioned very well could have been true with a few of those companies. But as you already know, some of these companies are small research and development types. So when they're attacked for jumping from product to product or for changing names, they are sometimes forced down that path thanks to other circumstances beyond their control.
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