Interesting read, that article.
Nice to see the developer's ideas about it. Maybe that can help cool some of the flames.
Probably not, but I've always said it is not proper to treat companies like individuals. Companies of composed of lots of different people, each with their own ideas, personalities, priorities, and objectives. Many people only see "NCSoft" doing something with Statesman (or Emperor Cole), and assigning ill intent to the non-existent corporate hive mind. But I don't fault a fan of the game who works on MxM trying to get the property represented in that project. I probably would have tried to do the same thing. Almost certainly, in fact. And that's *knowing* the reception it would likely get from at least some of the CoH community.
Companies don't do things. People do. I try very hard not to express hatred or disgust for a corporate action I wouldn't express those same feelings to the single person at that company who effected that action. In this case, I can't.