Computer Associates screwed up so badly in its acquisition of ASK/Ingres that all the key employees left[1]. They threw an ad-hoc party in the parking lot to cheer on everyone who split.
The Perforce[2] founders were among them.
Your situation sounds a little like theirs - they were reasonably happy. But when CA handed them the perfect opportunity, they used the money from their severence package to jumpstart the "p3" product. p3 was renamed Perforce/p4 when they discovered p3 was already trademarked.
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Computer Associates screwed up so badly in its acquisition of ASK/Ingres that all the key employees left[1]. They threw an ad-hoc party in the parking lot to cheer on everyone who split.
The Perforce[2] founders were among them.
Your situation sounds a little like theirs - they were reasonably happy. But when CA handed them the perfect opportunity, they used the money from their severence package to jumpstart the "p3" product. p3 was renamed Perforce/p4 when they discovered p3 was already trademarked.
[1] - http://www.cbronline.com/article_cg.asp?guid=A29F1ABE-CF37-4...
[2] - http://www.perforce.com/perforce/corp.html