I never questioned either his success, which appears substantial, or his wealth, which is allegedly a reasonable $400 mil. I questioned if those metrics give on

I never questioned either his success, which appears substantial, or his wealth, which is allegedly a reasonable $400 mil. I questioned if those metrics give one a moral or intellectual high ground on their own. Smart people can be wrong, stupid people can be right. "Past performance is no guarantee of future results" > I can certainly see the frustration with a situation where private capital comes in and makes a company just as big as yours without giving anything back. That sounds a lot like envy to me. Many (most I dare say) of the people whos work the success of WordPress is built on do not have "CEO & Angel Investor" on their profile and certainly dont have a net worth in the 100's of millions.