Dropbox lied. No two ways about it. But this why you never store anything sensitive in "the cloud" anyway.
Arduinos can be used so many different ways... here're a few things you can do with them:
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Projects/ArduinoUsers
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Projects/ArduinoUsers
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/category/arduino
http://hackaday.com/category/arduino-hacks/
The top hit on Hack-A-Day isn't a typical project.
In the OP's question, he wondered whether promoting great developers into a non-technical role was a good idea. It's the same age-old question about developers becoming managers. And the answer is? Almost always a horrible idea. Hire the skills. Find someone who wants to learn it. Don't do automatic promotions. In other words, THINK!
No pro sports player would try to play their sport without a coach, but developers try to pick up new techniques all the time by ourselves. Sometimes it works... sometimes, you need an expert to help you figure it out as quickly as possible. Team-wide (and company wide!) process changes are the times you always need a coach. Bring in an expert and solve these problems before you run into them.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook
The UI is set up for small screens and it's quite fast.
But I still get better battery life from OS X and XP (on the same hardware). But I like Linux better.
The hardest part of climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.