Read Wix and Their Dirty Tricks by Matt Mullenweg (Matt Mullenweg)
Wix, the website builder company you may remember from stealing WordPress code and lying about it, has now decided the best way to gain relevance is attacking the open source WordPress community in a bizarre set of ads. They can’t even come up with original concepts for attack ads, and have tried ...
I’ve never been able to recommend people to use Wix simply for the export issue. This should have been one of their first features. Matt does a good job of indicating other reasons not to support them.

I was also a bit surprised to see him actively recommending other projects and platforms. 🙂

👓 The Royal Family using Drupal | Dries Buytaert

Read The Royal Family using Drupal by Dries BuytaertDries Buytaert (dri.es)
An average of 12 million people check the Royal Family website each year
I remember thinking about the signals that were pushed out when WhiteHouse.gov went from Drupal to WordPress, but honestly in the broader scheme of things, I’m really surprised that the Trump administration didn’t slip all the way down to using Wix.com.

In any case, it’s always interesting to see which organizations are using which platforms.

👓 Chris Aldrich is reading “Why Wix’s response to WordPress re GPL license is weak | WP Garage”

Read Why Wix's response to WordPress re GPL license is weak (WP Garage)
After being accused of ripping off GPL material by WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg, Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami responded...inadequately. Here's why.

👓 Chris Aldrich is reading “The Wix Mobile App, a WordPress Joint | Matt Mullenweg”

Read The Wix Mobile App, a WordPress Joint by Matt Mullenweg (Matt Mullenweg)
Anyone who knows me knows that I like to try new things — phones, gadgets, apps. Last week I downloaded the new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app. I’m always int…