this is a very common problem that i've seen on projects, even my own. as they grow larger, you almost inevitably lose focus on the stuff that matters. i thin

this is a very common problem that i've seen on projects, even my own. as they grow larger, you almost inevitably lose focus on the stuff that matters. i think he has every reason to be mad that they were releasing buggy versions, and i'm glad he left. too many people get complacent when you grow, and they forget that you can't slack off just because you've gotten somewhere. the fact that you even GOT to be one of the leading database solutions in the first place should suggest that you were doing all of the right things up to that point. i saw this happen recently in a project i was involved with. it's funny the way people just sort of "stop caring" after a while, especially about small details. bill gates has a point when he says "nobody is forced to buy our software, and unless we improve the next version, people won't buy it. so there's a serious incentive for us to keep innovating and pushing the software forward." i'm not taking sides, but the guy has a point. get complacent, and die. note to trolls: do not digress into debate about why microsoft sucks.