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154 points davidandgoliath | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source

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codegeek ◴[17 Oct 24 20:55 UTC] No.41873704[source]▶

Mullenweg just keeps digging. He is the only person I have ever seen interacting in such a petty manner that he made a company backed by Private Equity look like a victim. If Trademark was the issue, why did it take him over a decade ? Why is he not going after all the other gazillion WP providers that use similar phrase on their website ? We all know the answer. The only company (WP Engine) that beat his for profit company (wordpress.com). He is just salty.

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1. robocat ◴[18 Oct 24 00:21 UTC] No.41875182[source]▶

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> he made a company backed by Private Equity look like a victim

Jason Cohen understood the tradeoffs of using private equity versus bootstrapping. He goes into the decision in more depth elsewhere, but at 44s into this video about avoiding private equity he alludes to his decision:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otbnC2zE2rw&t=0m44s

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