It sounds like Automattic was desperate for money and played a desperate hand badly. The receipts in the C&D don't leave one with a positive impression of Matt

It sounds like Automattic was desperate for money and played a desperate hand badly. The receipts in the C&D don't leave one with a positive impression of Matt. I'll wait for Matt's response, but I can't imagine it's anything more than "well, we deserve the money I was demanding!"