Hackers working for Google, Red Hat and Novell aren't setting their day to day priorities around increasing Linux adoption. They're interested in making money for Google, Red Hat and Novell.
With Google, I can maybe see your point. But how anybody can argue that Red Hat & Novell's fortunes are not tied to Linux adoption rates, is beyond me.
I guess he means that if it's not a problem in a use case in which their corporate clients are interested, it is a non-issue for them.