>> "Could be the reason why both are comfortable going nuclear on each other - they know their users don't have an easy alternative." I've followed this from t

>> "Could be the reason why both are comfortable going nuclear on each other - they know their users don't have an easy alternative." I've followed this from the start and as best as I can tell Automattic is the only side that went nuclear. WP Engine sent a C&D, then filed a lawsuit when the attacks persisted, and seems to have gone quiet since then aside from responding to the takeover of ACF. WP Engine's response is how I expect a professionally-run organization to handle things: address technical issues as they pop up while continuing to provide the service people pay for, but otherwise quietly wait for the trial. Meanwhile there's a new bomb lobbed from Matt Mullenweg 1-2 times a day at WP Engine, the WordPress community, individual contributors, or some combination while Automattic employees are out doing the work of a PR department.