I think the backlash they received was unnecessarily cruel, but I also find it hard to believe that they wouldn't make external backups of more than 3 months' worth of work. :/
Like not even a DVD in a safe deposit box. It's sad their shit got stolen and getting robbed is never your fault BUT losing all that work is definitely their fault.
Yes SVN repositories are the shizz. Especially when you have multiple developers working on a single project. They should. And all good developers know "KEEP YOUR WORK BACKED UP AT ALL TIMES!!!". Better luck next time XD
Why are we defending this guy? I have become really skeptical of Project Zomboid and so is the rest of the internet community. We initially defended the guy but more and more it seems like paypl was right.