Looking at a number of factors, including the scope of what Portalarium and its co-founders (including Richard Garriott) want to offer, I believe there's a good opportunity for RG to get the chance to work on some of the ideas he has.
The scope of what Portalarium seems to be looking to offer to gaming and applications as a whole, looks likely to be the bread winner, which will allow the creative talent of Richard and the other founders, to perhaps have the freedom to do things they've wanted to do, but perhaps been too restricted to working for other concerns.