Over on the WordPress.org blog, there’s an interesting story about the growth of WordPress, the software that powers WP.com here, and the ecosystem around it.
WP.com is different from every other social platform out there because in addition to giving you ownership of your data you get ownership of the code running your data as well, you could run the same Open source software yourself, and in fact we’ll even help you do it.
Open Source is like a Bill of Rights for software that protects your essential freedoms. When you bring a friend to WordPress you can do it without worry because we’re building something to be around ten, twenty, thirty years from now.
If you’d like to learn more about what’s happening and coming in the wider world of WordPress, check out this presentation I made:
Happy blogging. 🙂
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WordPress is great. I have installed it at several locations. It is an excellent content management system.
Yes it gives us all hope. The internet gives nus something not available even 10 years ago. It takes a clever cookie to make the most of it.
Great News for Bloggers like me!
I’ve started using WordPress to share resources and ideas for literacy classes in the UK. I love the design and widget options and it is all so easy to use.
WordPress has come a long way! Nice to see the blog-sphere getting such high quality content.
Awesome!!!
Your comment above:
“WP.com is different from every other social platform out there because in addition to giving you ownership of your data you get ownership of the code running your data as well, you could run the same Open source software yourself, and in fact we’ll even help you do it.” …
says it all. THANKS SO VERY MUCH.
Wow, thanks.
Interesting video. Nice to see the face behind the genius that is WordPress.
WordPress is awesome!