Bitfurys article strongly rejects XT principles. Not Classic. XT != Classic.
Read it again, and the underlying tone is that they prefer development to be more open.
You must have skipped to the end of the article instead of reading the whole thing. Additionally , most of us want development to be more open. Stop creating false wedge issues where none exist ... we agree on this! Lets support Libbitcoinconsensus!
https://medium.com/@BitFuryGroup/keep-calm-and-bitcoin-on-4f29d581276#.lsa4ml1p6This directly refutes the Bitcoin Classic And Bitcoin Unlimited governance model.
Meh, not too sure. That Medium piece was written in the context of Hearns exit piece, so yes, I still think it was largely directed at that, and not specifically at Classic.
We could argue the interpretation of various pieces of that artical, but I would prefer to simply quote the man himself's view on Classic, as he posted on twitter:
https://twitter.com/valeryvavilov/status/688054411650818048?s=09@BitFuryGroup - the largest private miner and security provider is ready to move forward and support 2MB increase with @Bitcoin Classic
That seems pretty unequivocal.
edit: posted before i saw you address it earlier. But point still stands - your view that the article denegrades Classic is only your interpretation of it. And condidering his explicit support for Classic, I'd say you could redress the dichotomy by simply saying that maybe the article was about XT and Hearn.
Ok, So crazy question, I goto valery vavilov's twitter page... and I can't find this 1/15/16 tweet supporting core. I mean, if i click on the link you provided, it shows me his tweet. However, if I'm on his page, his tweet seemingly does not exist. Conspiracy time?