As part of Matt Mullenweg’s extortion campaign against a competitor of his for-profit company Automattic, has focused on contributions to WordPress measured by the Five for the Future program. That is a program created by him and, based on recent activity, controlled by employees of his company Automattic. Here is how he compared Automattic’s activity to the competitor’s activity on his own blog in a post from September 17:
Compare the Five For the Future pages from Automattic and WP Engine, two companies that are roughly the same size with revenue in the ballpark of half a billion. These pledges are just a proxy and aren’t perfectly accurate, but as I write this, Automattic has 3,786 hours per week (not even counting me!), and WP Engine has 47 hours. [Read more]
