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Dude I have been using WP since the fork from B2 decades ago. Insane to suggest that free labor isn't why it's where it is today.
Sure... That's why nearly all the top contributors through out time have been paid to full-time work on WordPress by an entity related to Matt... Because free labour... Using WordPress and paying attention to Trac are two different things.
I mean, judging by his laughably pathetic attempt at extortion, I am not surprised that he didn't see this coming.
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> second, the entirety of WP was produced from "free labor" by people all over the world. matt is just the beneficiary. grow up dude. it is about time for an Ayahuasca retreat or two to beat down some of that monumental ego. Open Source does not mean free labour. WordPress has been built by people employed by Matt either via Automattic or via his other entities. WordPress would not exist as it is without Matt. To the…
Is Matt responsible, financially, for a large portion of WP development? Yes. Is he benefitting from free labor from OS contributors? Yes. Is the WP ecosystem enriched as a whole by commercial and OS contributors? Yes.
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Sure... That's why nearly all the top contributors through out time have been paid to full-time work on WordPress by an entity related to Matt... Because free labour... Using WordPress and paying attention to Trac are two different things.
There was a time where wordpress.com did not exist, you are glossing over that.
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> second, the entirety of WP was produced from "free labor" by people all over the world. matt is just the beneficiary. grow up dude. it is about time for an Ayahuasca retreat or two to beat down some of that monumental ego. Open Source does not mean free labour. WordPress has been built by people employed by Matt either via Automattic or via his other entities. WordPress would not exist as it is without Matt. To the…
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> second, the entirety of WP was produced from "free labor" by people all over the world. matt is just the beneficiary. grow up dude. it is about time for an Ayahuasca retreat or two to beat down some of that monumental ego. Open Source does not mean free labour. WordPress has been built by people employed by Matt either via Automattic or via his other entities. WordPress would not exist as it is without Matt. To the…
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There was a time where wordpress.com did not exist, you are glossing over that.
But that time is long gone and WordPress being what is it today fundamentally depends on paid labour and not free labour. It would have withered to the side like other CMSes that depended on free labour. Nearly every top contributor that we can see in the WordPress commit history was paid.
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I mean, one of all of my ex's attempts to get people's validation was doing Ayahuasca (by drinking Yagé). It did nothing for her huge ego - not even throwing up like crazy did anything for her.
It's not the first time Mullenweg shows his megalomaniac side and attempt to manipulate the community for his own benefit. I still recall pretty clearly all the Gutenberg drama. Some people will never change.
I found it frustrating that the article highlights Mullenweg’s actions while failing to even briefly describe what WP Engine is, and what actions they took. The story felt very incomplete, perhaps intended for someone who is already familiar with all the details. I have copied below excerpts from the Wikipedia entry on WP Engine because I found it clarifying. > WP Engine's main function is allowing businesses and org…