[fbdab103]

People have families, mortgages, debt, etc. Sure, these people are probably well compensated, but it is ludicrous to state that everyone has the stability that they can leave their job at a moment's notice because the boss is gone.

[gnicholas]

Didn’t they all have offers at Microsoft?

[reverius42]

I think not at the time they would have signed the letter? Though it's hard to keep up with the whirlwind of news.

[ah765]

They didn't actually leave, they just signed the pledge threatening to. Furthermore, they mostly signed after the details of the Microsoft offer were revealed.