Shipping Tumblr and WordPress, WP Engine is not WordPress, and WordCamp US (WCUS)
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WordPress ☛ Shipping Tumblr and WordPress – Automattic
We’re not talking about changing Tumblr. We’re not turning Tumblr into WordPress. That would defeat the purpose. We acquired Tumblr to benefit from its differences and strengths, not to water it down. We love Tumblr’s streamlined posting experience and its current product direction. We’re not changing that. We’re talking about running Tumblr’s backend on WordPress. You won’t even notice a difference from the outside.
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WordPress ☛ WP Engine is not WordPress
It has to be said and repeated: WP Engine is not WordPress. My own mother was confused and thought WP Engine was an official thing. Their branding, marketing, advertising, and entire promise to customers is that they’re giving you WordPress, but they’re not. And they’re profiting off of the confusion.
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WordPress ☛ PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap
WordCamp US (WCUS), North America's largest WordPress event, hosted over 1,500 attendees from around the world at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, from September 17 to 20.
Update
Dispute widens:
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WP Engine fires back after Automattic CEO calls it a cancer
WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease and desist letter to WordPress maker Automattic, to force the latter's CEO Matthew Mullenweg to stop making allegedly false and misleading claims about WP Engine following a purported trademark license demand.
The letter [PDF] claims Mullenweg called WP Engine a "cancer" and privately threatened to disparage the company if it failed to pay Automattic tens of millions of dollars annually for the use of the 'WordPress' trademark – an amount the letter characterizes as an "astronomical and extortionate monetary demand."
WP Engine reckons it doesn't need to license the word "WordPress," as its use of the mark is covered by fair use.
Trademarks issue.
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