I was very pleased to hear Matt say in the special interview I conducted with him that the decisions he makes regarding WordPress.org are made with the community in mind. That is exactly what I wanted to hear.

Not to say that Matt was being dishonest or anything, but watch out with that kind of language! Of course he's going to say what you want to hear in public! The question is whether it really seemed honest and whether they are actually thinking of the community (which they are IMHO, they just don't always LISTEN to the community, because they think they know better).