*Reads comments. Laughs. That's so cute. Has more coffee.*

Thanks Jeff, this was very informative. I think that it's also useful to see that the other teams in WordPress are also not primarily from Automattic.

Yes, they do provide a lot of resources. But in Support, Training, Docs, etc. there are so many other volunteers. The whole project really is driven by the community*. You can get a feel for that when you attend Contributor Day at a WordCamp.

It's always tempting for people who have a disagreement about or related to WordPress to bring out the "Matt/JetPaCk/Rule The World/EVIL EMPIRE" meme but articles like this help set the record straight.

*NOTE: Matt and the folks participating are also part of the community. People don't need to be excluded or treated differently because their employer's name starts with an A and ends with a C.