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Matt Mullenweg, Automattic's CEO, Seems Bound and Determined to Wreck WordPress

It's hard to fathom exactly what Automattic CEO and co-founder Matt Mullenweg thinks he's doing to his company and WordPress.

WP Engine sued Automattic and Mullenweg on October 3, accusing them of extortion, interference with operations, abuse of power and harm to business. We remain hopeful that WP Engine will reconsider this legal attack, allowing us to refocus our efforts on contributions that benefit the broader WordPress ecosystem.” At the same time, though, while it may be easy to fork the code, building a community and a software ecosystem to replace WordPress is a much bigger job, which no one yet seems to be willing to turn their hands to.

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