I've exchanged emails with Jiri numerous times and he's always been a pleasure to work with. He really loves the sim community and is always open to suggestions and feature requests (in my experience, of course). Given he doesn't charge a penny for his efforts, I think
Hyperlobby is an amazing accomplishment.
Of course, DW will probably never be as popular as many of the more MP-centric flight sims, but hopefully it will gain some popularity with the retail release and the MP community will grow as well.
We are adding Gamespy Arcade support to v1.02 and the DW Retail build, so hopefully that will infuse some additional players as well. Hopefully Gamespy's audience will complement
Hyperlobby very well and cover some additional player demographics that could possibly help grow the community...