Perhaps I don't understand GWT correctly, but it seems like it would be very difficult to layout and design a web front-end from within Java code alone.
$30 is a great deal if the license covers a single commercial app (I assume you need to buy it each time you use it in an app?) but when do you need to pay for the "Extended License" which is $1500?
Frankly, I don't care if he has poor design skills. He had the humility and generosity to explain that he used a template to speed dev time, the site looks awesome and he kicks my ass because he finished the project, put it out and has figured out a strategy to quickly implement his ideas from storyboard to finished product. I don't know if you intended to sound like a snob or if this is your idea of "constructive criticism" but I think you could have worded it more generously.
The Illustrator and Photoshop formats are what caught my eye.
What happens if you try to view an Illustrator file in Google Docs Viewer?
Does it render the file just as Illustrator would?
Since Google Docs offers the ability to export to PDF, it would be impressive if you could open an Illustrator file in Google Docs and export it to PDF format without the need to own a copy of Illustrator.
I'm glad this vital issue has finally been raised in this community. I've been writing a checklist of issues to double-check before I launch my startup and almost overlooked this.