@Chip Bennett -

And by the way: did you even read his blog post? (I ask that question, rhetorically, of 99% of the people who have flamed him over it; because IMHO the response is out of proportion to the point of extreme hyperbole with respect to what he actually wrote.)

Yup.

I also read his follow-up posts, as well as the comments he made on other forums. My admission of coming late to this wasn't that of ignorance, but that I missed the initial unfolding of event and the emotional reaction that came along with that.

So, what are you arguing?

Since I wasn't clear before I'll spell it out. KevinJohn Galleghar comes off as a drama queen and I think he made up the more serious accusations of death threats and ddos attacks to garner sympathy after repeatedly engaging and insighting a flame war. This has very little to do with the initial post and everything to do with his subsequent reactions and posts which come off as inflammatory and a bit unhinged.

His responses to @wptavern via twitter were immediately asshole-ish and condescending.

I have no problem with what he wrote about wordpress or criticisms of it. It sparked an interesting and passionate discussion. In fact, I think most people involved agree with at least some of what he wrote. But KevinJohn continually eggs people on, and takes honest, constructive criticisms of his initial post as personal attacks, escalating the situation. And when not doing that specifically, he comes off as a know-it-all ass and then is surprised when people react poorly to his comments.

He's making claims of extreme attacks that there just isn't evidence that they happened. I'm frankly saddened that wptavern even made this post without any kind of evidence of his assertions.