Not having been a developer in the Borland era, the most valuable take-away for me is this statement: "On paper this may seem like a fairly minor adjustment, i

Not having been a developer in the Borland era, the most valuable take-away for me is this statement: "On paper this may seem like a fairly minor adjustment, if you have the attitude (as Borland executive management had) that developers are a dime a dozen and any developer can be applied to any product or problem space. That may work for technical programming skills but it doesn't work for passion." Regardless of what the technical abilities of the product, it's a good reminder that a product made great by the hard work of people who believe in it should be mindful to prioritize their ambitions in product decisions. This is particularly relevant in the open source world.