Minecraft maker Notch clarifies "Mojang to disband in 10 years" reports

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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Minecraft maker Markus "Notch" Persson talked about how he has a 10-year plan for his staff if he doesn't come up with an idea for a successor to the all-conquering Minecraft.
Here's the quote: "Hopefully, we are going to keep making money at Mojang, but if we don't, that's fine. We just have 10 fun years, and then, the last year, we'd say to our employees, 'If we don't make any money this year, Mojang is going to be dead.  So you might want to look for new jobs.'"
Some took this to indicate Mojang may only have 10 years left, but in a series of Tweets, Notch explained this wasn't the case.
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