[spyrosg]

I would very much like to know that too. I think Alan Kay said something about the middle management at Xerox being excellent people, too, so I would be tempted to think this is the one important factor to get the kind of tech oasis that were PARC and Bell Labs.

Some of us end up in the few dream-team environments that already exist today, but most will have to build those ourselves; any hint would be very welcome.