I genuinely don't believe that, no. If they had said "recoding the AH doesn't slow down ancients," sure, that's two different kinds of work and thus two different types of jobs. But new breeds, whether modern or ancient, are both art jobs. Unless they're going to just cut back on staff if they don't have ancients, then I don't see any way that they're not diverting at least some of their work flow potential to ancients.
Re: (bangs fists on table)