Earning money is not really relevant to whether people are good employees or not; that's based on the market, management decisions, etc. I'm sure there were lo

Earning money is not really relevant to whether people are good employees or not; that's based on the market, management decisions, etc. I'm sure there were lots of great employees at BeOS, but the fact that the product failed financially wasn't their fault. Companies change product strategies all the time to pursue profit, trim unprofitable ventures, etc., and that's all fine. But it's dumb to lay off good employees when they can just be re-deployed somewhere else, assuming the company isn't having financial hardship that actually requires them to shed headcount.