Another Parting of the Ways

So, last night came the news, from another of the many overlapping worlds I inhabit, that Monte Cook is leaving Wizards of the Coast, where he was one of the three primary designers behind the ongoing Fifth Edition D&D project.
Dang.
Here's the link:
http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?montejournal
Wishing Monte all the best and also hoping this doesn't set back fifth edition, or send it off down the wrong track.
--John R.

P.S.: Speaking of fifth edition, I hope the guys who are working on it are reading posts like this one from Steve Winter:
http://www.howlingtower.com/2012/04/high-magic-low-magic.html