I didn't read it that way at all. I read it as: where can we find a lower cost (than C++) pool of developers. It's not particularly conspiratorial. Companies

I didn't read it that way at all. I read it as: where can we find a lower cost (than C++) pool of developers. It's not particularly conspiratorial. Companies are always looking to expand their labor force and good C++ devs can be very expensive, so why would you want start a new project in C++? Security is another aspect altogether...