LJ isn't padding its wallet, though. Brad personally profits, while the new owners of LJ have sunk EXTRA money into LJ for no visible gain (just owning LJ, and having Brad work for them).
Now, maybe the "corporate parent" has more available resources to throw at it, but that doesn't make sense in the long run--that's just a way for them to lose money.
And, yeah, I sympathize with his frustration over managing and running the business vs. developing. Hopefully that's really all that the change will amount to--he'll have some more professional people handling that stuff. But there are no guarantees. It's not AOL buying Nullsoft, but it's also not a patron giving him a million bucks (an invented number) and asking nothing in return.
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Now, maybe the "corporate parent" has more available resources to throw at it, but that doesn't make sense in the long run--that's just a way for them to lose money.
And, yeah, I sympathize with his frustration over managing and running the business vs. developing. Hopefully that's really all that the change will amount to--he'll have some more professional people handling that stuff. But there are no guarantees. It's not AOL buying Nullsoft, but it's also not a patron giving him a million bucks (an invented number) and asking nothing in return.