The huge problem with open source software is that there are no sales numbers to show how many people are using it. We know that WordPress.com hosts over three million blogs. We know EduBlogs powers nearly 200,000. But how many sites are hosted using the original, downloadable, self-installed and managed version of WordPress?
Now, the automatic [...]

Posted August 28, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: matt mullenweg, stats, WordCamp, wordpress. 2 Comments.

I wish I’d seen this from WordPress maven Matt Mullenweg before I finished My LTR on open source software for libraries. Mullenweg is brushing off some of the mystique and praise the media has been giving him, and giving an honest sense of what makes open source software work:
the real story is more exciting than [...]

Posted September 24, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: free software, matt mullenweg, motivation, myth, open source, startup, wordpress. Be the first one.

I awoke this morning to a bit of a mess. After enjoying months of spam-free bliss thanks to Akismet, I found over a hundred spam comments for pills and free pictures to suit most any need or desire. Spam has snuck through before, but never in this volume, and Akismet has always been quick to [...]

Posted August 27, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: akismet, customer support, matt mullenweg, spam, support, user relations, user support. 3 Comments.