Cloanto wouldn't have had the possibilities to create 3.1.4 as we have it now. This is a matter of who contributed, and where such contributions went. I did not rewrite things from scratch (at least, for the most part), but we tried to reuse existing work available under licence as much as we could. A new scsi.device (derived from Heinz' work and others) would not have been possible. A new FFS would not have been possible in this time. New exec would have been largely delayed.
Moving to another hosting company would have required/will require additional negotiations with individuals, so it is certainly not correct saying that "Hyperion prevented that from happening". The overall situation for Os development is not in favour for Cloanto given where current contributions are bundled and how one can get access to it.