[neilperetz]

While I love pronouns, they can lead to misunderstandings if not carefully defined. Above it was written "I'll take that as a 'no'".

Could you explain what "that" refers to in your statement. I am asking because, lacking a clear definition of the question, I cannot say whether the answer is Yes, No, or something else.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

"that" was referring to your reply to their straightforward yes/no question being anything but.

[neilperetz]

So you interpret "is there any part of the Wordpress cluster of organizations that do not ultimately answer to Matt?" as being a YES or NO question?

I interpret it as a request for information about what is Matt's role in the ecosystem and I was gathering information to share about that.

However, if you are not interested in factual information, the answer is: YES, there are various parts of the the Wordpress cluster of organizations that do not ultimately answer to Matt.

[slenk]

Which ones aren't under his control? HR? Legal? Because no sane person would be letting him do this

[pwillia7]

While I love the use of passive aggressive language, in this case, as it was originally written, "However, if you are not interested in factual information, the answer is: YES" causes some globule of confusion to the primary reader --

Is this to imply that the answer Yes to the question about Matt's control over the organizations named WordPress is _not_ in fact factual?

Dictated not read.

YMHAOS

[pwillia7]

Ironic, this is the same confusion WP users are having over a word that is not a pronoun -- WordPress