Yes, Catapult is going to push us to a new frontier in the Blockchain space. An almost complete revamp. It will be developed in C++ because we want to cut away all the fat in Java to add steroids to its performance. To the average user, this may mean nothing, but as a technology, this is a class of its own. As an application solution, this is an enterprise offering.
Additionally, after hearing thoughts about the feedback on Mijin, we have decided to come to the middle of the road and do a dual license thing, open source the solution while it is also a commercialised solution. A balancing act. But all this bodes well for the entire initiative.
It can only move upwards from hereon. Finally, with this arrangement, we now will have at least one commercial company who is going to make sure that NEM lives on for a long, long time.
Viva la NEM!