The creator of Drupal responds to criticism from the community regarding the hiring of the best Drupal contributors into his company, Acquia. Reading through the article and the associated comments, I can't help but think of the similarities between Matt, Automattic WP.com and WordPress.org.

http://buytaert.net/does-acquia-suck...-drupal-talent

I love how the guy read about the criticism and decided to come out and face the music. I admire him for that.