I know they were forced. I know they did it the most humane way possible. This is precisely why I support them financially.
Doesn't change the fact that they had to let go of a huge portion of their staff. Call it firing, or special unemployment operation, the result is still the same; and I can't help but notice that updates are now very, very sparse and pretty minor ( maybe its a pure coincidence because they are busy with Fleet and the Java update who knows ).
All in all it’s understandable and not a big deal but when faced, like right now, with whether I should prepay 3 years or not it's hard not to think about the future of the company.