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by wpinsider 2y ago
Given Mullenweg and Automattic hired a full time ‘Executive Director of WordPress.org, does that mean that Automattic will contribute 5 hours to Wordpress beyond that? Also fascinating that Mullenweg is willing to back away from the WordPre
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by wpinsider 2y ago
He also said that he was using the situation to downsize his business. “we can serve our customers better, just more efficiently… I can see a point where Automattic reaches $1bn of revenue with fewer people than we have today.”
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Mullenweg's Automattic acts to take control of WordCamps from local organizers(twitter.com)
27 points by wpinsider 2y ago|1 comments
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by wpinsider 2y ago
Mullenweg’s for profit company @automattic now appears to be acting to further exert control the open source community he helped found. Felipe Santos an Automattic employee has demanded that @wordcampsyd delete tweets related to @wpengi
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by wpinsider 2y ago
Photomatt’s argument is flawed in its interpretation of the First Amendment. Key points of concern include: 1. Misapplication of the First Amendment: The First Amendment restricts the U.S. government from infringing on freedom of speech. Ho
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Internal blog post reveals Automattic's plan(techcrunch.com)
8 points by wpinsider 2y ago|1 comments
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by wpinsider 2y ago
I’m surprised that there hasn’t been more commentary on this. Mullenweg’s prior comments that there weren’t any plans to pursue any other hosts or plugin developers seem to be null in the face of a bigger plan. When you couple this with the
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by wpinsider 2y ago
Fair. Have fixed.
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by wpinsider 2y ago
Seems like it will change a lot of people's perspective on his battle. Initially there might have been something in it worth listening to, but then he cut users off from updates and stole a plugin with hundreds of thousands of hours o
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by wpinsider 2y ago
It looks like it was all about the money all along. Despite his claims that he was looking for contributions to the project, or that he was concerned about trademark use, Mullenweg's latest tirade against DHH is 'all about the mon
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by wpinsider 2y ago
Strongly recommend installing the genuine ACF from www.advancedcustomfields.com - the WP Engine and ACF teams have provided timely updates (even fixed Automattic’s spurious security issue in less than a day) and have uploaded a permanent fi