Ari Levy at CNBC has a great article covering the battle between WordPress and Silver Lake / WP Engine: Why WordPress [co-]founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake.
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I dropped on the livestream for ThePrimeagen earlier today after a colleague pinged me that he was talking about the Silver Lake / WP Engine situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F0PgMcKWM Afterward, I also privately shared with him the cell phone for Heather Brunner, the WP Engine CEO, so she can hop on or…
I've taken this post down. I've been attacked so much the past few days; the most vicious, personal, hateful words poisoned my brain, and the original version of this post was mean. I am so sorry. I shouldn't let this stuff get to me, but it clearly did, and I…
In situations like this, I always remind myself that there may be a good deal going on behind closed doors that I’m not aware of. Granted, at first glance, Matt’s actions seem precipitous, but after watching him for 20 years, that would be very uncharacteristic behavior.
Upon a closer look, Matt’s response seems to be one of understandable frustration, designed to force the issue. I suspect I’d be inclined to do the same. It’s a shame to see the Automattic crew divided by this issue, but the buyout offer was extremely generous, IMO, particularly for people whose loyalty was questionable.