{"id":21432,"date":"2025-10-25T02:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysutoon.com\/?p=21432"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:14:10","slug":"matt-automattic-20-counter-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysutoon.com\/?p=21432","title":{"rendered":"Matt: Automattic 20 & Counter-claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a bit of Automattic<\/a> lore, but although I founded the company in June 2005, CNET<\/a> asked me to stay on for a few more months to finish out some projects, which I did. Our HR systems have me as the second employee, after Donncha O Caoimh<\/a> (still at the company!) So today is my 20th<\/sup> anniversary at Automattic! It\u2019s 20 years since I started hacking on Akismet<\/a>, our first product, and on WordPress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The team gave me a sweet surprise! I\u2019ve been fighting for the open web for 20 years, and hope to do it for at least 20 more. There\u2019s a lot of exciting behind-the-scenes stuff happening inside Automattic that also made this day special, but one significant thing is public.<\/p>\n

Automattic has finally had its first chance to file its counterclaims against WP Engine<\/a> and Silver Lake<\/a>, as reported here by TechCrunch<\/a>. You may recall that last month, the court dismissed several of their most serious claims<\/a>, and they responded by filing an amended complaint. In our dogged defense of the free, open, and thriving WordPress ecosystem, Automattic responded today with a comprehensive counter-filing, which you can read in a 162-page PDF here about all the things WP Engine\/Heather Brunner and Silver Lake did wrong<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got receipts!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think WP Engine employees or investors were aware of the gaslighting they did, hopefully some of this is enlightening. And there\u2019s a lot more discovery to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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