[ahoyhere]

A 5-year-old who is probably actually in his 20s, just got $1.2 million in funding, and said "yeah I stole, but it was only up for a week, and only a test, lesson: if I steal, give credit"?

Please. If we're going to hold an intelligent debate, you need to work on your analogies.

[moe]

I think the funding reflects more on the investors than anything else.

And the level of incompetence at play here is precisely what makes DHH's reaction feel so out of place. Without thinking anyone could come up with a dozen classy ways to play the situation. Instead he chose the one that makes himself look less than ideal...