Large groups of well paid, organized, funded professionals with clear objectives and good management - (like R3, hyperledger, ethereum, others) are sure making those Core programmers look like the silly little whiny bitches that they are.  Core is going NOWHERE and getting there pretty damn fast. 

I think very sophisticated progress is being done every day in other parts of crypto / blockchain.
A large group of paid, organized, and funded professionals with clear objectives and good management - (like R3, hyperledger, ethereum, others) are sure to make Core's programmers look like a whiny little whore. Core will go to NOW and get there very quickly.