> Some close to Mission Motors said it had reached a point of no return by last fall, when departures to Apple, and other companies, accelerated after a long struggle to find funding and a sound business model.

So is Apple really to blame here, or is this yet another case of 'who needs revenue strategy anyway?' On the part of Mission? You can't blame the engineers moving to a much higher paying - and likely just as exciting - job at a large company which has less risk.