No hard feelings...

[J6A]

With a few exceptions, most people are in this industry for the love of it. I know that Alan Emrich at VPG hasn't taken a penny of salary in 3+ years. Yet he keeps the company afloat for the opportunity it affords new designers and his students and because this industry is in his blood. VPG's designers make enough on royalties to, well, feed their game habits probably. What GMT pays its designers/developers won't replace a full time job. I'm pretty sure the staff at MMP are all part timers. GMT and AP are the exceptions with full time executive staff, and while GMT is doing very well (as Doug pointed out, diversification is likely helping a lot here), Mike is spent wearing a lot of hats at AP. And, like Alan, Mike is too damn stubborn to let "his" company die. Whatever missteps he's taken along the way, I give him credit for believing in his dream.

BTW, if it was me, I would have bankrupted AP, started a new company and just published the games from there with a clean slate.