The "faster CPython" team at Microsoft was recently dissolved. My position at Microsoft was eliminated. If anyone has a reason to be disappointed in this, it's me.

So it feels okay for me to ask you to refocus any disappointment you might have about Microsoft's decision. Let's be grateful for a big Python user actually laying down meaningful cash for 4 years in support of a volunteer-driven community project! Let's express our frustration instead in how that doesn't happen more often!