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Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has
  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Wow. For real, I always just assumed that .com was the commercial arm of .org. Holy shit.

    Edit: So, for anyone curious, .com is owned by Automattic, who also own Tumblr, Beeper, PocketCasts and Buddy Press. The WordPress project and .org are owned by the WordPress Foundation. Automattic makes some contributions to the WordPress project but they and the WP Foundation are seperate.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        2 个月前

        I think you misunderstood the comment you are replying to.

        The WordPress Foundation does not have the same owner as WordPress.com.

        • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 个月前

          Matt Mullenweg effectively is the ‘owner’ of both, yes. Though the term ‘owner’ isn’t necessarily precise, it effectively conveys the idea.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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            2 个月前

            Ah sorry, it sounded like you were reacting to the comment you replied to, which it was more like you were adding information.