By hiring large team they might have accidentally hire someone who would pick up the vision and carry it further. Who knows, maybe Notch would join back in if he saw someone expanding on his idea and making things happen.
I think I abandoned a lot of projects because no one shared my passion for them to the point of actually owning and developing parts of them. If no one cares enough about the idea to work on it then maybe I also shouldn't.
Heh. It wasn't intended as such. Just an observation what might happen if you have too much money, not enough ideas about what to focus on and you start hiring awesome people.
I think I abandoned a lot of projects because no one shared my passion for them to the point of actually owning and developing parts of them. If no one cares enough about the idea to work on it then maybe I also shouldn't.