CentOS Bridge Deprioritization Held Despite Customer Risk

Situation

Confirmed to Andrew Jorgens that CentOS Bridge is consciously deprioritized. Acknowledged customer reputation risk (customer re-evaluating contract after only 4 CVE fixes) but held the line, explaining that 'important' is insufficient justification - a project must be more important than something else currently being worked on.

Reasoning

Reinforcing the Order of Operations prioritization model by applying it to a specific, emotionally charged case. Teaching Andrew the framework: every decision to work on X is a decision NOT to work on Y. The queue is stable unless there is a Godzilla event. Customer reputation risk from CentOS Bridge is real but does not outweigh what is currently in the queue. Also a coaching moment - helping Andrew understand how to think about trade-offs at CIQ scale.

Additional Context

Andrew raised the concern that minimal CentOS Bridge work could damage CIQ reputation. A customer was re-evaluating their contract after receiving only 4 CVE fixes. Peter used this as a teaching moment about the new prioritization model.

Observed Evidence

Fathom meeting summary records Peter's explicit statements about CentOS Bridge prioritization and the underlying philosophy. Andrew raised the customer concern and Peter acknowledged it but held the line.

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