For me it would be fine if we had a core for exclusively 'running reliably with 100% uptime.' I've thanked core for doin this at different places already. And I'm pretty sure that this is a full-time job for 10 FE - just doin this.
But for all other tasks like Requirement Engineering, Risk Management, Prototyping, Project Management, Testing - QA, Feedback Looping, Deployment, Change Management, .... you name it - This all gets too much - no wonder that we are already deeply split!
That doesn't make any sense. The paragraph below is the definition of what's required for 100% uptime and reliability.
So Core somehow guarantees 100% uptime and offloads the work that permits it to the cranks, deadbeats and failures who litter the scene? They are no doubt control freaks but for a good reason.
Every other iteration has completely pissed all over the important back room stuff which is usually uncovered within a few seconds by real people.