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The founder of the popular open-source platform Ruby on Rails slams Automattic in a post titled, "Automattic is doing open source dirty."
"I give you a gift of code, you accept the terms of the license. There cannot be a second set of shadow obligations that might suddenly apply, if you strike it rich using the software. Then the license is meaningless, the clarity all muddled, and certainty lost."
[…]"But I suspect Automattic wants to have their cake and eat it too. They went to retain WordPress' shine of open source, but also be able to extract their pound of flesh from any competitor that might appear, whenever they see fit. Screw that."
You can read the entire article here.
You know you’ve fucked up when people are siding with the VCs.
Right on the money
The funny thing is I organically heard someone compare these two just today
I could not have said it better. The article is short and worth a click. Definitely read it.
DHH is a lunatic who’s alienated so many of his own employees and community members and users. I despise Matt but he’s the last person who can credibly comment on this situation.
He’s right, though.
100% agree with his post…
Back around 2000 or so we used to go to a San Jose Ruby on Rails user group. We presented 3 questions for this guy and he completely stiffed us. At the bottom he mentions he created Basecamp (hated it) 39signals but there was another one of his called Engine Yard and I’ve always associated it with WP Engine and never would use it since I figured he had a hand in it as well. And now this ties it together a bit for me anyway.
My partner at the time had a Biology gene splicing degree, a CS degree and a law degree and passed the bar with a Security Exchange license. We were not asking stupid questions and as a group we were hardy programmers. He stiffed us now die bitch, crawl back under your locomotive and don’t come out.
Absolutely nailed it.
One of the MBA courses I was enrolled in used WordPress as one of the best examples of a not-for-profit model that was all about profit, and additionally referred to it as sleight of hand. You get just enough in the free version to tease you, and then you have to bit the bullet to obtain the goods. At the outset wordpress com dominated as Matt intended, but to his horror he has been consistently outmaneuvered in the hosting and theme environment and the gravy train at wordpress com and Automattic has declined.
Matt has a ginormous ego. Mutual friends tell me he has never met a mirror he did not like. Look at the naming of properties such as Auto”matt”ic or the “inspirations” for the themes. Pretension is an understatement.
Amen