I think he implied that Cohen's Asperger Syndrome allowed him to be manipulated into this position instead of simply being bought off. I think that if Cohen is high functioning enough to write a successful p2p standard and start his own company, he can understand what is going on in the board room. Either way something fishy is going on.
That doesn't seem plausible; people with Asperger's are harder to manipulate, not easier, especially when they're smarter than you are. Although Asperger's creates its share of frustrations, being unduly influenced by one's emotions and easily influenced by other people's opinions are not among them.
That said, it might be what the person who posted the BusinessWeek article was thinking about, if he's a fucking idiot with a neurotypical-centric attitude problem.
I don't know why you were downmodded--your first paragraph is spot-on. Your second paragraph/final sentence is a reasonable, if ill-phrased, speculation.
