Comments on: Mark on WordPress/b5, Me on Automattic http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/ Andrew weighs in on the ways in which the web and the world are changing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Jaquith http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-483 Thu, 31 May 2007 17:05:08 +0000 http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-483 Understood, now.

And that’s true… if I had thought that a job at Automattic was the only way to make a living off of WordPress, I would have been forced to move on, or at least relegate my activities to “hobby” status.

]]> By: Andrew http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-473 Wed, 30 May 2007 22:54:49 +0000 http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-473 Thanks for the prompt and thoughtful replies, guys.
Mark, my remark about “protective” should have been phrased better. I’ll edit the post later on.

]]> By: Toni http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-472 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:48:09 +0000 http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-472 > Automattic, including CEO Toni Schneider, see it as in their best interests that the WordPress community prospers.

Absolutely. The WP community has created many thousands of plugins, themes, forum posts, codex pages, code contributions, etc. This level of contribution and innovation is what makes WP great and is unmatched by any other blogging platform. Automattic is part of that same community and ecosystem and we constantly think about ways to help it thrive. Let me take this opportunity to point out that we promote WP consultants at http://automattic.com/services/wordpress-consultants/. Many of them have told us that they are very busy and turning down projects, so if you do WP related consulting, please let us know so we can help connect you with customers!

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-471 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:43:36 +0000 http://changingway.org/2007/05/30/mark-on-wordpressb5-me-on-automattic/#comment-471 For a while, I worried about how code I put into WordPress core would affect WordPress.com, which is updated to WPMU core often (which in turn is updated to WP core often). I asked Matt about a certain change I was making that might introduce some short-term instability while we figured out its implications. He told me not to worry about WP.com.

While Automattic seems synonymous with WordPress from a marketing standpoint, from a developer’s standpoint, they’re a well-behaved citizen (albeit a large one) of the WordPress community. And within the company, there appears to be a large amount of autonomy with regard to employees’ WordPress development.

I don’t think that Mark would be so protective of the WordPress community if he thought that the folks at Automattic were not of similar mind.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding this… I think that if Automattic had a bad influence on WordPress that would lead me to be more protective, as it would be more in need of protection.

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