The problem is threefold.<p>Firstly, as the letter notes, the majority of people using TypeSafe&#x2F;LightBend&#x27;s services are in fact &quot;traditional&quot; Java shops. This suggests that - in the enterprise at least - there&#x27;s limited Scala penetration.<p>Secondly, the move to a more generic name (LightBend) is one more step away from their core competency. The name TypeSafe was chosen to highlight a particular aspect of the platform they felt was important. Although they likely still do, their customers don&#x27;t appear to appreciate it (or at least in the same way it was meant, as an advert for Scala).<p>Finally the bifurcation of technical resources between ongoing Scala development and Dotty as a research project are likely to come up short in both regards. We are on the cusp of Java 9 being released within the year and Scala&#x27;s big backwards incompatible step forwards with Java 8 still hasn&#x27;t happened.<p>At the least you&#x27;d have to be a gambling person with a penchant for long odds to continue with Scala at this point.