New here (missing profile picture, sig and detail explain it) but I would like to state that I have a feeling George will have a huge influence towards Sony's future decisions and could possibly direct them towards a more open community to it's players via homebrew. George can possibly allow us to have OtherOS back, homebrew/custom game & app developing and could rid of the pirating.
That's what George tried to do in the first place, and instead of releasing an exploit he could place it directly into the root of the PS3 and fix any exploits that could cause his efforts to form into another lawsuit thus caused from pirating.
In all honesty, I have a feeling Sony will be changing drastically and become more user friendly and welcome to the community if George works for Sony.