If you see what his own company offers you'll see this is a Clued-in business move. But the idea is clued-in. Matt Mickiewicz of Sitepoint . He has an amazing wealth of resources, a willingness to share them, and a low cost structure that enables him to make a profit even in this environment. As with Israelis and Palestinians this is a war that can't end in total victory or defeat for either side.
Total war means total defeat for both sides.
If we have to fight our own government and employers to take back the net, let's get to work on it. He understands history, the Internet, and human nature. Genius is not an age, it's a state of mind, and he has it. Since the company is Irish its use of algorithms is beyond the reach of U.S. politicians who tried to throw Zimmerman in jail a decade ago. Most important of all, it's open source.