Boris is a good guy (I know him personally from when I lived in Vancouver), so don't go all TechCrunch Commenter on this.. :)
I'll second that. He's community-minded and a good open source citizen.
Hah, the only positive piece I heard about Bootup Labs (who recently kicked out a bunch of their startups) was that this Boris guy was working with them. I guess they don't even have that now... I feel sorry for them...
You might be thinking of Boris Wertz, who joined Bootup's board around when their the cohort downsizing story hit last month. Boris Mann's presence was definitely a positive for Bootup, but not the only one.