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Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg

CEO of Automattic, Co-founder of WordPress

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Silver Lake doesn't give a dang about your open source ideals, it just wants return on capital.

WP Engine is a cancer to WordPress. They profit from WordPress without giving much back, while also disabling key features that make WordPress powerful.

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The battle for WordPress: WP Engine vs. Automattic

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Defending WordPress.org control amid legal battle with WP Engine

Silver Lake invested $250 million in WP Engine in 2018, taking majority control of the managed WordPress hosting company. Six years later, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine a cancer to WordPress and banned them from WordPress.org resources, triggering a legal battle that has split the community powering 43% of the web.

Updated Jan 8