What is WordPress and who is Matt Mullenweg?
I had planned on doing a well researched and in-depth piece about this topic. Considering I am against Big Tech and pro Open-Source this is a really interesting news story and it is going to develop over the next years. There is a lot at stake with over 40% of all websites built on WordPress.
The crazy thing is that in this case the Open-Source team player, Matt Mullenweg , has gone complete super villain in this story and is actually making the Venture Capitalists look good.
Mullenweg might have had a reasonable point to make at some point but he is jeopardising so much and for so many, he is bringing the whole practice into a possible existential crisis.
It appears to me that Mullenweg has already lost his case before it has even reached the courts through his own childish behaviour (He did co-found WordPress at 19 years old, maybe he just never grew up).
It is less about Open-Source but a reflection of the kind of people that are holding the keys to these key infrastructure projects and billion dollar fortunes.
With great power comes great responsibility yet these jokers are playing in the sandbox with peoples lives like they are plastic toy fire trucks. When they don’t get what they want, they spit their dummies out and start smashing things, waiting for someone to run up to them with a lollipop to make them feel better.
I am still discovering the details for myself but this is a great video by camelCase on YouTube to bring you up to speed.
He has done all of the heavy lifting for something I had in mind and has done a great job. Grab the popcorn and enjoy: