Nextcoin is independent too. Just beause the founder also owns DGEX doesn't mean it's affiliated with DGEX.
In politics this is called: a possible conflict of interest.
That should be avoided (although I enjoy nextcoin.org more then this monster thread).
No it's not. The reason I left is because Graviton explicitly told me that it's his personal playground and he plans to treat it like this in the future and monetize the community.
(not in those exact words)