Well,,,
without a voice like "cutting edge -by Watchman" - which is what skunks is right now - too much would be taken for granted; and too little will be learnt...
I met a manager who was afraid of 'skunkworks' - in the managers eyes, we were like some kind of loud vigilantes (self righteous; who shout from the top of the hill) - which to the manager scared potential approaches for development or business ventures from the pool that is skunkworks...
But I was actually proud to be associated with the forum - Apple, Microsoft, the Silicon Valley have such "blogs" and communities - which has helped the technology grow, curbed unfairness and evilness by blowing the whistle - apart from spreading awareness and information...
Cos sure as hell, I cant find technology news/rumors on who is being evil or substandard on K24...