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Ugg. I'd like to hope that Matt had hired better legal advice.

But that didn't happen. Matt this isn't going to end well for anyone. The first rule of holes is "STOP DIGGING" Can you put down the shovel for awhile and try talking to people?




Any recommended article/link to get the backstory on this situation?


This article is the canonical recap of what's happened:

- https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/fire-matt


Also:

- https://bullenweg.org/ (formerly bullenweg.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41957829)


"Matt Mullenweg is showing the world that he’s one of the pettiest CEOs out there."

https://slate.com/technology/2024/10/wordpress-wpengine-matt...


Thanks.


The Mullenweg/WPE thing is the one I recommend:

https://gist.github.com/adrienne/aea9dd7ca19c8985157d9c42f7f...

It is a chronology published as a GitHub gist.


Maybe it is sometimes okay that people get what they deserve based on their actions? Whatever the result here will be.

Otherwise they will never learn. Is it more okay to do questionable things first and then later hide behind lawyer than just keeping doing it openly?




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