Subj : WordPress grants WP Engine "reprieve" - but they'll need to be qu
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Sep 30 2024 15:15:04

WordPress grants WP Engine "reprieve" - but they'll need to be quick

Date:
Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:02:10 +0000

Description:
As the dispute between WordPress CEO and WP Engine continues, customers are 
given a short lifeline.

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The battle between Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, a WordPress 
hosting provider , continues in full swing, but the former is cutting the 
latter, and its customers, a very brief moment of slack. 

"We have lifted the blocks of their servers from accessing ours, until 
October 1, UTC 00:00. Hopefully this helps them spin up their mirrors of all 
of WordPress.orgs resources that they were using for free while not paying, 
and making legal threats against us", Mullenweg wrote on WordPress.org's blog 
.. 

A little over a week ago, Mullenweg likened WP Engine to a cancer for the way 
it benefitted from the open source WordPress project without giving back 
sufficiently. The disruptions subsequently left WP Engine customers uncertain 
about access to update tools, but Mullenweg is now giving them a short period 
to resolve potential issues. Mullenweg gives WP Engine users temporary access 

A little over a week ago, Mullenweg likened WP Engine to a cancer for the way 
it benefitted from the open source WordPress project without giving back 
sufficiently. 

The disruptions subsequently left WP Engine customers uncertain about access 
to update tools, but Mullenweg is now giving them a short period to resolve 
potential issues. 

In a brief note, Mullenweg criticizes WP Engine for promising Unmatched 
performance, automated updates, and bulletproof security ensure your sites 
thrive   arguing the company has since failed to provide. 

WP Engine was well aware that we could remove access when they chose to 
ignore our efforts to resolve our differences and enter into a commercial 
licensing agreement, he added 

Criticizing WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner, Silver Lakes Managing Direction 
Lee Wittlinger, and their Board, he goes on to call WPE reckless. 

WP Engine hasnt stayed quiet amid the turmoil; its lawyers sent a cease and 
desist letter to Mullenweg, who heads up both the WordPress.com hosting 
business and the WordPress.org project. More from TechRadar Pro These are the 
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providers WP Engine hits Automattic CEO with cease and desist following 
"cancer" comments



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/wordpress-grants-wp-engine-users-reprieve-but-th
ey-ll-need-to-be-quick


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