If the situation that core developers who happen to work at Microsoft are getting all the attention and praise regardless of their actual contributions, perhaps

If the situation that core developers who happen to work at Microsoft are getting all the attention and praise regardless of their actual contributions, perhaps Python should be forked. It is no longer and open source project, some corporate developers claim all power and attention and actively intrigue against others. This "project" will result in 25-50% speedup at most, probably slow down some C extensions despite promises to the contrary, and then be marketed as a great success by the faithful and the press.