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Automattic’s Sphere of Influence is Going Beyond WordPress

by Tris Hussey on March 4, 2010 · 0 comments

in Social Media, Web 2.0, WordPress

Automattic scooped up another very talented person recently. Ian Stewart of ThemeShaper and creator of the Thematic theme framework has joined Automattic as a Theme Wrangler. Sure big news for Ian, but why should this be something we all take note of? Because more and more Automattic is making slow and steady moves to become a company that could rival Google, Microsoft, or Apple in its importance to how we use computers and the Internet. See I read more into this short statement than just “I’m going to be working [...]

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WordPress.com and WordPress can co-exist, but maybe with new names

by Tris Hussey on June 24, 2009 · 2 comments

in Blogging, Web 2.0, WordPress

In the WordPress world many of us, especially those like me who teach people how to use it, are often explaining WordPress.com vs WordPress.org to people. The answer, simply, is WP.com is a hosted service where you can have a WordPress-powered blog/site and WP.org is where you download the WordPress software to install on your own servers.
Seems simple to us, but we’ve also been doing this since before WP.com existed so we can make the distinction easily.
As for features, WP.com doesn’t give you all the features of installing WP yourself, [...]

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