In reply to Jimmy Smutek.

Seriously. Simple points. Can WordPress still operate without Thesis? Yes. Can Thesis operate without WordPress? No. Yet still you claim that Thesis is not dependent upon or in any way derivative of WordPress. It’s a WordPress theme.

You could have chosen to build your business on any software.

Couldn't agree more with this statement.

Putting all the drama aside, it'd be too naive to think that nobody would be interested in purchasing that domain considering just the search volume alone for “thesis”.

donnacha nailed it down perfectly here...

if a brand is important to your business, if it is something you make a living from, and you are suddenly presented with the magical opportunity to acquire the .com, you grab it. You don’t dicker around trying to save a few thousand dollars, you get on the phone and find out what it will take to seal the deal.