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He's doing it in a way that feels suspiciously like a breakdown to me. The latest "we're restricting our contributions to 45 hours a week to match WPEngine" is
by kedean 2y ago
He's doing it in a way that feels suspiciously like a breakdown to me. The latest "we're restricting our contributions to 45 hours a week to match WPEngine" is the the reaction of a college student who is mad at their lab partner, not of an establish business that helped build the internet as we know it.
- satvikpendem 2y agoLots of executives at big companies can be petty though, it's nothing new when one is in power and surrounds themselves with yes men. It doesn't mean they're necessarily having a breakdown at all.
- kibwen 2y agoWhat you've observed, quite accurately, is that our bar for emotional intelligence when it comes to corporate executives is the same that we expect from ten-year olds.
- throwpoaster 2y agoRespectfully, it's not. Serious businesses take EQ seriously.
- technion 2y agoThis feels very "no true scotsman" to me. It's accurate if none of the large places I've worked are "serious".
- Nectar0516 2y agoAt best, "serious" businesses (which I take to mean large, successful ones) pretend to take EQ seriously.
- throwpoaster 2y agoEngaging with reality as directly as possible is important in business. Emotions are a part of reality, usually a signal about social dynamics. At the higher levels of serious companies — by which I mean ones trying to win in the market, regardless of size - managers and executives regularly receive training about this. I can’t say more because this is my alt, but: “executives are childish”, “executives are psychopaths”, etc. are very common, often incorrect narratives. If anything executives should be straightforward and simple. To return to topic: something is going seriously sideways with Matt, and I wish him the best.
- threeseed 2y agoBut there is every possibility that they were always going to do this. Wouldn't be the first time a commercial/open source company dedicated the majority of their resources to the commercial side.
- whimsicalism 2y agosure it’s petty but i still feel that wp engine kinda sucks here
- micromacrofoot 2y agoit's somewhat valid though, why continue providing free code for wp engine to resell when wp engine doesn't contribute to open source themselves? wp engine has also bought out multiple competing hosts, so they're a direct competitor with deep pockets
- Volundr 2y ago> wp engine doesn't contribute to open source themselves At minimum they contribute Advanced Custom Fields, one of the most heavily used plugins. I make no judgement on if they contribute enough, but it's not like they give zero back to the ecosystem.
- cies 2y agoit's not for you to decide, but for Automattic to decide how much contribution is needed for them to allow you to use their services. the code of WP is free software. free-as-in-freedom. the services are not, and never were... they were free-as-in-beer. RMS taught us about this, and it comes in handy again.
- Volundr 2y agoI don't recall voicing an opinion either way. In fact I specifically said I don't know if it's enough, but saying they contribute nothing is factually incorrect. And no lack of contribution would justify taking over ACF in what is essentially a supply chain attack like they did.
- cies 2y agoThe contribute to the ecosystem, a little to the WP code, but use for free the services that Automattic provides. It's the services that they got cut-off from. They are separate things that to the layman are seen as "wordpress". > I don't recall voicing an opinion Well, you mention they contribute to the ecosystem. If it is not your supply chain, you cannot dictate how it is run. You call it an attach, they call it a commercial endeavour.