@Ben Cook - Ben, I would hardly describe myself as an Automattic apologist but, seriously, what exactly are they meant to be apologising for?

Also, nothing I said was directed at you - to be honest, I hadn't know about your criticisms of Automattic until checking your site just now and reading your article about why Matt should resign. Frankly, your arguments in that post make very little sense, I agree with the commenters. It is, however, your opinion, you are entitled to as many misguided opinions as you want, I would die defending your right to express them.

Of course, my willingness to lay down my life in the defense of your freedom of speech would be contingent on the presumption that you aren't just adopting controversial positions and using baity headlines to generate traffic.