@Planck while you are (brutally) honest, there may be a point to be made.
Since the company brought on new hands to an expanding enterprise, the R&D department
probably expanded as well, and it is also possible that it is now entirely in the domain of the
Young guns.
For the past few years, the incremental changes/improvements have not been monumental,
The spark of genius may have removed himself from that aspect of a growing company.
It seems almost parallel to the sea change Apple suffered when Jobs passed the baton to Cook.
Apple lost its genius, and innovative sparkle, with Cook at the helm.
Just some observations/speculations. Ruminations of an old dog.