@photomatt I appreciate you being charitable, but what folks are upset about is the method used to attack #WPEngine (https://wpengine.com) & not the intent of the message (turning revisions off is awful).
Posting on @WordPress blog was bad due to the conflict of interest running @wordpressdotcom (which is technically a competitor).
It would have been wiser to have another respected individual post that message who is not connected to Automattic.