Now they are going to take all and are never to be seen again

Why should a well known person be so silly, to make the FBI hunt him?

5M will give him a nice start and at least a year or two of time,
to develop the game (and of easy living).
With that it should also be possible, to get additional cash from a bank.

And I am pretty sure, we ll see a piece of software after a while.
The only question is, if we ll like it. But if we do, there will be
a big number of people, who are willing to pay some money for it
- which will Mr. Roberts earn much more than 5M.

And than maybe he can sell the new company to M$,
which could provide some minor updates, bringing us
funny things like pay-per-play and in-game-shops taking real $$$.

It would be crazy not to give modding software to the community considering the community made the game possible in the first place.

Wise words. I see this sorta thing every day, it really changes your perspective on things.