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Response to DHH

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176 points markx2 | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.905s | source
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wglb ◴[14 Oct 24 18:07 UTC] No.41840158[source]▶
Suggesting that DHH should seek therapy is way out of line.

> I’m unsure why you felt you had to insert yourself into this fight with Silver Lake / WP Engine and take their side, but here we are.

It seems that the fight has been made public with photomatt's constant commentary, at least on HN.

Unconvincing.

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1. itsdrewmiller ◴[14 Oct 24 19:27 UTC] No.41840973[source]▶
He also links to the DHH post where DHH very specifically address the thing he claims to be confused about:

>I don't even have a dog in this fight, only a set of principles. If anything, I'd be naturally inclined to be on Team WordPress. Between creating one of the most widely used open-source programs and powering half the internet, there's every tribal reason to side with Automattic over WP Engine's private-equity owners at Silver Lake.

>But whatever my feelings about private equity in general or Silver Lake's management of WP Engine in particular, I care far more about the integrity of open source licenses, and that integrity is under direct assault by Automattic's grotesque claim for WP Engine's revenues.