“One problem was that a lot of new people had shown up: the users. There was no plan for how to incorporate their votes. Some of us thought the users should not have a vote. It was alleged to me that the users’ investment was in using the language. That was a new concept for me and I did not immediately resonate to it, although I have come to see this as a legitimate point of view.” —Kent Pitman (http://www.nhplace.com/kent/Papers/cl-untold-story.html)

But Pitman's salary didn't depend on not understanding this.