Mark Androvich of GamesIndustry.biz writes:
"Operating without corporate interference has been a key to the company's success, said Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime.
Speaking at the D.I.C.E. Summit 2008, Morhaime and Blizzard VPs Rob Pardo and Frank Pearce detailed the company's early history on the eve of its seventeenth year."