[nikhizzle]

This is really sad, I greatly respect Ed Catmull for his work in graphics (z-buffer, catmull rom spline) and as a leader of extraordinarily consistently creative company.

It just goes to show that even the best of us can succumb to greed.

[prawn]

Not excusing the behaviour at all as it is damaging to those working down the chain, but would it feel like greed to someone in that position? Their first thought would be that they're competing with another team and want to succeed. Their job is to further the success of their crew. I don't think consideration of staff wages and so on would even enter their minds unless they really stopped to evaluate what they were doing.

Could there be better business education in this regard?