QUOTE(Kevin @ Tue 26th October 2010, 4:27pm)
Oh come on - that was like
two weeks ago.And where does this notion of Jimbo "paying off" Godwin himself come from? It might be necessary to strike that one - it's one thing to accuse Jimbo of malfeasance, it's another to accuse Jimbo of malfeasance that doesn't even advance his personal interests.
Long story short, I think the basic reason for easing Godwin out of the WMF is that he's too
visible. Sue and Erik don't like competition any more than Jimbo does, and they all know that virtually nothing they do can hold up under any sort of public scrutiny whatsoever. They want the attention focused on
them, personally, not on what the WMF actually does, most of which is indefensible. Having Godwin around was probably a major impediment to achieving that ideal situation.