This is an uncharitable take. An alternative one would be that DHH had ideas and works that could've been much more successful that would let him hire people t

This is an uncharitable take. An alternative one would be that DHH had ideas and works that could've been much more successful that would let him hire people that would further the goals of OSS. That he could have had companies with corporate values that are more distinct from companies whose goals are purely to extract value for their shareholders.