But ODBC support was by Jon Evans (https://www.kicad.org/blog/2022/12/Development-Highlight-Dec...), who is a lead developer but not employed by KSC. He works elsewhere and added it for his own benefit and that of his buddies elsewhere.
The tighter release schedule is something everyone wanted, just because v6 got too unwieldy.
But ODBC support was by Jon Evans (https://www.kicad.org/blog/2022/12/Development-Highlight-Dec...), who is a lead developer but not employed by KSC. He works elsewhere and added it for his own benefit and that of his buddies elsewhere.
The tighter release schedule is something everyone wanted, just because v6 got too unwieldy.