I've only recently returned to #Wordpress.
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I've only recently returned to #Wordpress. I had no clue all of this was going on. From @photomatt: "Silver Lake, you have already extracted all your pounds of flesh. [...]You have so much money and power, you just got TikTok, the Trump administration loves you, you don’t need to control and take over WordPress, too. If you win, you destroy it, and then what? Please have mercy and stop trying to ruin people’s lives. You’ve won. I submit. Let’s move on."
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I've only recently returned to #Wordpress. I had no clue all of this was going on. From @photomatt: "Silver Lake, you have already extracted all your pounds of flesh. [...]You have so much money and power, you just got TikTok, the Trump administration loves you, you don’t need to control and take over WordPress, too. If you win, you destroy it, and then what? Please have mercy and stop trying to ruin people’s lives. You’ve won. I submit. Let’s move on."
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/05/wp23/I just read the article and I still don't have any idea about what is going on. Do you know what he is talking about? - it may be something that is common knowledge in the US, but I have heard nothing about...legal issues...? Or a fallout? Breakup?
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I just read the article and I still don't have any idea about what is going on. Do you know what he is talking about? - it may be something that is common knowledge in the US, but I have heard nothing about...legal issues...? Or a fallout? Breakup?
@madsenandersc I think it's common knowledge in the US. I had to look it up. Go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP_Engine?wprov=sfti1
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I just read the article and I still don't have any idea about what is going on. Do you know what he is talking about? - it may be something that is common knowledge in the US, but I have heard nothing about...legal issues...? Or a fallout? Breakup?
@madsenandersc I saw the initial post on the Making WordPress community Slack channel.
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@madsenandersc I think it's common knowledge in the US. I had to look it up. Go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP_Engine?wprov=sfti1
Arh - okay, looks like someone decided to mess with the bull and got the horns, at least the way it is described in the Wiki article.
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Arh - okay, looks like someone decided to mess with the bull and got the horns, at least the way it is described in the Wiki article.
@madsenandersc Yeah. That's what I sussed out as well. But I'm sure there are many sides to this. And lots of emotions involved.
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@madsenandersc Yeah. That's what I sussed out as well. But I'm sure there are many sides to this. And lots of emotions involved.
Oh, for sure - and one of them pretty clearly is regret.
That said, destroying someone personally over a business disagreement is never okay - there is a pretty clear red line between the two.
