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Restructuring Announcement

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Re: Restructuring Announcement

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Not especially surprising, but there’s an awfully large elephant in the room that likely directly contributed to this necessity that goes completely unmentioned.

Is the elephant in the room with us now? (Mind filling in?)

Re: Restructuring Announcement

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Not especially surprising, but there’s an awfully large elephant in the room that likely directly contributed to this necessity that goes completely unmentioned.

Is the elephant in the room with us now? (Mind filling in?)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2y7eyp3zpo

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Not especially surprising, but there’s an awfully large elephant in the room that likely directly contributed to this necessity that goes completely unmentioned.

Is the elephant in the room with us now? (Mind filling in?)

Matt Mullenweg is the elephant.

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Not especially surprising, but there’s an awfully large elephant in the room that likely directly contributed to this necessity that goes completely unmentioned.

Is the elephant in the room with us now? (Mind filling in?)

The legal threats against WPEngine and their customers, the lawsuits between WP/Automatic/WPF and WPEngine, the banning of several contributors, the takeover of WP Plugins on WP.org, the shenanigans with several check boxes on the login pages of WP.org.

Re: Restructuring Announcement

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Tough break for Matt Mullenweg, who unfortunately was caught up in this reduction in force. I am sure this unexpected change will afford him new opportunities. Wishing him the best!
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