> "...Then, why dont we have all of these entities take action against one of our competitors and their entire customer base, refusing to do business with any customers until they stop working with our competitor. Why don’t we ban ALL of those people from our services, and try to compel them to use our service instead?"
Mullenweg might be nuts, but most of his critics are even crazier. WPE isn't a competitor, it's a parasite. Wordpress doesn't owe anybody anything, it already gave everybody something.
If WPE wants to be a competitor, it should fork and do so. Please do it, I hate plenty of things about Wordpress, and the schema is horrific. But if the alternative is Drupal, Wordpress all day.
I do not understand this parasite language. It is open source software.
My employer indirectly profits from me using Python resources (eg python.org and PyPI). Yet, Guido is not coming out and saying I am a parasite leeching off of the system. Pony up 8% of company revenue or else.
I wouldn't be surprised if WP is actually more popular as a result of WPE's participation. We all use open source software in commercial ways all the time. The potential of virality is why many people are drawn to open source.
Mullenweg might be nuts, but most of his critics are even crazier. WPE isn't a competitor, it's a parasite. Wordpress doesn't owe anybody anything, it already gave everybody something.
If WPE wants to be a competitor, it should fork and do so. Please do it, I hate plenty of things about Wordpress, and the schema is horrific. But if the alternative is Drupal, Wordpress all day.