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DHH and Matt debate whether an open-source project should have a monopoly
Episode details
Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress and the founder of Automattic, joins Basecamp co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson for a spirited debate about tech monopolies, power in open-source communities, and how to be good stewards of the modern web that they helped build.
Show Notes
DHH on Twitter - 00:53
Matt Mullenweg's website | Twitter - 00:57
The Twitter conversation that started the debate - 1:07
WordPress.org - 1:40
Automattic website - 1:45
Automattic's Series D funding announcement - 1:54
Matt Mullenweg's interview with TechCrunch - 3:30
"Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Sleep Is Our Competition" (Fast Company) - 9:19
A 2005 demo by DHH on creating a blog engine in 15 minutes - 16:49
"The deal Jeff Bezos got on Basecamp" (Signal v. Noise) - 24:16
Benevolent dictator for life (Wikipedia) - 46:21
DHH on the Django Chat podcast - 46:37
"Richard Stallman resigns from MIT over Epstein comments" (The Verge) - 47:15
Automattic Acquires Tumblr from Verizon - 56:17
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Bryan Zavestoski
@zavzen
This is such a great (and important) conversation. One of the more compelling episodes of any podcast I've listened to in a while.
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