«Automattic’s CEO Matthew Mullenweg threatened that if WP Engine did not agree to pay Automattic – his for-profit entity – a very large sum of money before his September 20th keynote address at the WordCamp US Convention, he was going to embark on a self-described “scorched earth nuclear approach”»
@mm-hacker-news.bsky.social: Re: Automattic's Actionable Misconduct Directed to WP Engine [pdf] https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf
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This post by @briancoords.com goes through what he believes Mullenweg (whose documented behavior is reproachable) SHOULD have said at Wordcamp US, and provides some good background to understanding the bigger picture (@via @simonrjones.bsky.social)
www.briancoords.com/the-wcus-clo...