Lawrence Lessig has a very interesting plan that would potentially have large effects on these types of situations. What if politicians were incentivized to be for the people instead of for the lobbyists? http://theanticorruptionpledge.org/
Values are so incredibly important when it comes to working with people. When you and the people you work with wake up in the morning, not just for the paycheck, but also because you believe in what you're doing, you avoid many of the pitfalls less aligned teams suffer from.
Is it more important to have the best technical person possible, regardless of culture fit? Or, a good technical person who believes what you believe, values what you value, and is a great culture fit? Unless the best are absolutely necessary I would pick the good culture fit any day of the week.
Had I answered questions like the ones in the article with previous co-founders we would have saved some bad experiences and likely iterated to success much faster.
A lot of behind the scenes action was probably going on here. Lots of negative scenarios could have played out for GoDaddy. Bob will do as he pleases, but other executives and board members could have pushed back to save key relationships.
