Sounds like Mullenwag is screwing the pooch.
yeah. Nobody cares about WP Engine, they care that Mullenweg is randomly fucking with the plugin and theme repo that everyone depends on. If WP Engine disintegrated into dust tomorrow, Mullenweg would still be the guy that fucked with the repo that everyone depends on.
Yeah, he needs to shut the fuck up and let the thing that he bet on play out. Looks like he is surrounded by yes men. This is how family businesses and founder led companies always end up. Backwards, inefficient shit holes. I told my kids that if we start a business I'm the one washing dishes.