> The idea they couldn't afford or have the capacity to hire the talent they want is ridiculous. Actually, it isn't. Hiring people is hard, and hiring bad peop

> The idea they couldn't afford or have the capacity to hire the talent they want is ridiculous. Actually, it isn't. Hiring people is hard, and hiring bad people is expensive. It isn't even really a problem you can pay your way out of either, judging who will do well within an organization is incredibly difficult. All that aside, I would be surprised if Apple didn't have internal budgets for their various projects. The latest version of OS X probably gets a budget on par with that group's market value, so it only has the hiring capacity of its tiny slice of the richest company in the world.