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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8911510" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I mean, yeah, for obvious reasons. The blockchain is dead in the water. It's the 3D TV of "Web 3.0" (puke lol). A solution looking for a problem and totally failing to find one. And the hateful IP-threatening products have just not appeared, and they've had 20 years. WotC has done far more damage in both directions on that front than any 3PP, both by putting out products with inappropriate stuff which we won't discuss lest the poor mods have to step in, and by stepping on 3PP products on DM's Guild which definitely didn't need to be stepped on.</p><p></p><p>I mean, in a corporation, the buck stops with management, which in this case would appear to be Rawson (allegedly nice), Williams (allegedly hands-off, perhaps to WotC's detriment) and Cocks. I don't think Cao is the right person for his role, but I'm not saying "fire him!!!". Someone authorized him to hire hundreds of people and spend $10s of millions, and I'd guess that'd have to be Cocks.</p><p></p><p>Whoever hired him and gave him this much latitude is a big part of the problem - and Cao was there before Williams or Rawson by a long time.</p><p></p><p>As a corporate aside, if WotC does "fire" him, I don't expect them to literally fire him, because that'd be embarrassing. The usual path would be to put him on "gardening leave" (i.e. sit at home on company payroll, but don't do anything beyond maybe check your email 1/day) for several months until he can find a position at another company. It's all terribly lovely above a certain level in corporations lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8911510, member: 18"] I mean, yeah, for obvious reasons. The blockchain is dead in the water. It's the 3D TV of "Web 3.0" (puke lol). A solution looking for a problem and totally failing to find one. And the hateful IP-threatening products have just not appeared, and they've had 20 years. WotC has done far more damage in both directions on that front than any 3PP, both by putting out products with inappropriate stuff which we won't discuss lest the poor mods have to step in, and by stepping on 3PP products on DM's Guild which definitely didn't need to be stepped on. I mean, in a corporation, the buck stops with management, which in this case would appear to be Rawson (allegedly nice), Williams (allegedly hands-off, perhaps to WotC's detriment) and Cocks. I don't think Cao is the right person for his role, but I'm not saying "fire him!!!". Someone authorized him to hire hundreds of people and spend $10s of millions, and I'd guess that'd have to be Cocks. Whoever hired him and gave him this much latitude is a big part of the problem - and Cao was there before Williams or Rawson by a long time. As a corporate aside, if WotC does "fire" him, I don't expect them to literally fire him, because that'd be embarrassing. The usual path would be to put him on "gardening leave" (i.e. sit at home on company payroll, but don't do anything beyond maybe check your email 1/day) for several months until he can find a position at another company. It's all terribly lovely above a certain level in corporations lol. [/QUOTE]
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