> What WP Engine gives you is not WordPress, it’s something that they’ve chopped up, hacked, butchered to look like WordPress, but actually they’re giving you a cheap knock-off and charging you more for it.
And that's their right according to the GPL license, is it not?
This entire tirade reads like corporate mudslinging.
The way you win over customers with an open source product is by offering a better service. Period.
As someone outside of the WP world and without a dog in this fight, I'm now more inclined to look into the WP Engine offering rather than whatever Matt Mullenweg is selling.
And that's their right according to the GPL license, is it not?
This entire tirade reads like corporate mudslinging.
The way you win over customers with an open source product is by offering a better service. Period.
As someone outside of the WP world and without a dog in this fight, I'm now more inclined to look into the WP Engine offering rather than whatever Matt Mullenweg is selling.