[Drdrdrq]

For an organization like CF? Yes, I would expect them to have testing and network simulations down to an art.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's because network engineers simply don't need / get this know-how on normal scale. Most SW developers on the other hand are not very good (good enough for CF scale) at networking. Which leads to networking guys doing their thing the way it was always done... (hope I didn't offend anyone, just guessing)

I hope they strengthen their dev department... I know I'd love a challenge like that. :)