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I'm not really following the purpose of this. Even from a non-technical viewpoint it doesn't tell me much. - Free software project: Many casual users won't get
by urda 9y ago
I'm not really following the purpose of this. Even from a non-technical viewpoint it doesn't tell me much.
- Free software project: Many casual users won't get this.
- SaaS: same as "free software project", not something the average user will always get.
- Trademark: I can't think of too many times when an end user gets really excited for or against trademarks.
Basically, yes technical folks like HN readers already know what this page is getting at, but for everyone else, it doesn't really clear anything up.
... so what's the point?
- redct 9y agoI'm really not sure. WordPress was initially released by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. Matt owns Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com. The OSS project is run by the WordPress foundation, which now owns the "WordPress" trademark. Given how linked Matt and his company is to the history of the project, I don't really see the issue here.
- ztjio 9y agoIt certainly doesn't help that the writing is bad, the layout is bad, the communication is... bad. The very first thing any typical English-speaking reader is going to read doesn't even make sense. The entire paragraph is: > The domain ending .com is not optional as it is usually—it is a key differentiator. Which means nothing at all. It has insufficient context to carry any meaning to anyone of any technical level without major guessing and assumptions on the part of the reader. And by that point, they've lost basically anyone that might benefit from this...