ablation
9 months ago
I genuinely think Matt might need a mental health welfare check from someone that he trusts. A very public meltdown continues unabated.
DHH's response to Mullenweg's response of DHH's blog post
18 pointsposted 9 months ago
by rob8 Comments
johng
9 months ago
Matt's response to him shows just how delusional Matt has become. He basically trashes DHH because he hasn't tried to extract every last penny of value from his contributions.
I'm absolutely disgusted by Matt at this point.
oriettaxx
9 months ago
me, too.
I have experience in both RoR and Wordpress, and the above helped me now to understand why with RoR is a pleasure while with Wordpress (apart from security, which is a impossible to achive I think) is just a daily task to stay out of subscriptions/payments/advs which are really not just annoying but a stupid way to spend your time.
It really looks like this Matt hit somebody worst then him, and cannot digest it.
Arnt
9 months ago
Odd how different one's impressions can be. My impression of this imbroglio is that Automattic pays about a hundred people for the common good and that financial drain is a competitive problem, and it's bothering Matt, really bothering him.
(FWIW I've been a full-time open source developer, and remember vividly how careless most people outside the team were of our salaries.)
tovej
9 months ago
Is the "common good" a nickname for Automattic's bottom line?
The man is a narcissist and a scoundrel. He can't allow anyone to compete with his wordpress company.
Arnt
9 months ago
That's something else I noticed as an open source developer: Many people who just used the code didn't realise how much work it was.
They used the code and thought it was good, but did not connect that to anyone's work. They knew that there was a team working, and they also knew that they could apt-get some software, but didn't really see any connection between the two. Which led to questions rather like «Is the "common good" a nickname for Automattic's bottom line?»
tovej
9 months ago
I work in open source. I would not pull the kind of bullshit Matt has pulled.
Matt is not some poor underfunded open source developer. He's the CEO of a company with thousands of employees.
What Matt is doing is trying to effectively remove open source components of wordpress from the market so that he can sell them. He's already co-opting other peoples work and taking control of it (e.g. AFC).
I think you should look into the facts of the matter before deciding that I'm "confused".
user
9 months ago
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