> I can't help but think this requires that only 'rock star' programmers be on the team. "Rock star" developer can mean a lot of things. What's required here

> I can't help but think this requires that only 'rock star' programmers be on the team. "Rock star" developer can mean a lot of things. What's required here (aside from everything listed in the prerequisite section of the slides) is that developers have a sense of ownership of the product. That's it. You can foster this by literally giving them percentage shares of ownership. Some developers naturally feel this way about everything they ship. Some developers will never feel this way unless they own a majority interest in the software.