[Yossarian]

I'd have to guess that they gave the Alpha guys good incentive (read $) to go over as a whole team. That, and once you are in a good team, you know what others are good at AND YOU KNOW YOUR TOOLS & TECH WELL, you don't feel like leaving it.

I just see people very happy to leave Intel. Of course, I've seen people eager to leave NVidia as well (it's a notorious meat-grinder), but at least they say they respect their management, even as they are working them to death....

[general_re]

I've done a lot of contract work at a lot of places - every place I've ever been, there was someone there who was happy to leave. Sometimes the place really did suck, and sometimes it was the people leaving who sucked - you just never really know 'til you're on the inside ;)