Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg is out: Does this mean long-term viability, or liability, for WordPress customers?

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has been abruptly put on a paid leave of absence from the company by its board of directors, despite his objections. But enterprise IT executives who rely on WordPress may find the shift doesn’t mean much as long as Mullenweg fully controls WordPress.org , which handles all of the product’s patches and updates. “The part of WordPress that actually keeps enterprise IT up at night isn’t Automattic’s org chart.