[jstx1]

It's not necessarily for performance, more often these layoffs are a way to get rid entire teams and you can't do that through natural attrition.

[actionfromafar]

Maybe some of them can add some expertise to help ReactOS[0]. :-)

(Yes, I know about copyright law and taint, but there is an awful lot to be done which isn't specifically commiting code to the main project. Unit tests, debugging, porting other software, create a startup for embedded "Windows" deployed with ReactOS with free licensing etc.)

0: http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?19,154431