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“Nice Guy” Matt Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress.com Cries Foul and Threatens Me With Legal Action (medium.com)

submitted 5 days ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 37 points 5 days ago (9 children)

So the guy running WordPress.com (business model: Uber for LAMP stack, not to be confused with WordPress.org, winner of Drupal's Drag Race) is angry that WP Engine (business model: Lyft for LAMP stack, not to be confused with MediaWiki, the engine of WP) offers hosting for the same GPL licensed CMS as they do, am I understanding this correctly?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 31 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Also, I just now realized that Automattic (business model: Uber for not posting female-presenting nipples) is a pun on this guy's name.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

and perhaps a little bow to lem's “cyberiad” (automateusz, translated as automatthew, from the story automatthew's friend)

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 5 days ago

I really really doubt it. It's a pun on his name.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 days ago

yeah this guy doesn't seem bright enough for that

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