Or even due to awesome coding. I would hate to miss out on my occasional bouts of can't-drag-me-away-from-the-keyboard inspiration simply because someone "fixed" my work ethic and shut the office at 5pm.

But yeah, I appreciate the sentiment that no-one should be allowed to pillage their workers' evenings and weekends simply because they don't want to tell their boss "I promised something I couldn't deliver."

Courage is underrated in the tech industry.

One thing I would like to do: Lock people out of email account s/phone numbers/skype during a vacation :OD

I DO think that's a valid separation.