Throughout the history, mankind has fought battles over battles to gain the most desirous state of their existence i.e. POWER!. Power has enabled its custodians to hold on to resources that are crucial for their survival. The chronicles do explain though that Power always look for more Power!
Likewise, we are witnessing a highly uptight battleground in the tech world, more specifically the WordPress Community. It is currently embroiled in a significant controversy due to a clash between WordPress founder & Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, and WP Engine, a hosting company for WordPress-powered sites.
The Contextual Details of the Conflict
It all started when Matt wrote in one of his blogs, “WP Engine is not WordPress” on 21st September 2024 where he claimed that WP Engine is misusing the trademark owned by Automattic, which is WordPress and WooCommerce to sell their hosting and other products. He openly remarked that WP Engine is not WordPress but they are using the trademarks & intellectual properties in a way that creates this false belief that WordPress is owned by WP Engine.
He also claimed that WP Engine is not providing the same user experience that is the core strength of what WordPress offers. They have disabled the revision history of posts and pages to avoid paying more to store it on their servers. He says, it is a breach of the promise they have with their users of managing & protecting their data. He said it is WP’s core feature and claimed that WP Engine is providing a cheaper, chopped up version of WordPress. Matt unleashes his annoyance by calling them Cancer that will continue to spread, if not stopped.
WP Engine has completely denied all the allegations and further apprised that Automattic CEO has harassed them by demanding a large sum of
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