If you don't work in the WordPress ecosystem, you may not understand how HUGE this post is



https://joost.blog/wordpress-leadership/



Joost is probably the second biggest figure in the entire WP ecosystem, only after Matt M himself. He is the biggest voice from the "Enterprise WordPress" world.

This is not anymore open source contributors complaining about governance. This is the Business WordPress demanding a leadership change and suggesting it either happens or a hard fork, backed by big business, is on the way.
Breaking the Status Quo

A vision for a new WordPress era WordPress is at a crossroads, now even more clearly then when I wrote my previous post on WordPress’s roadmap. I had very much intended to leave this topic alone for a bit until after the holiday break, until, last night, Matt imposed a holiday break on us all. ... Read more

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@javi wow. Really great point about this signalling where Enterprise Wordpress is. Looks like Matt's got a lot to think about on his holiday break.

@thenexusofprivacy @javi
He's already refused to collaborate in a comment.

He clearly wants control more then he wants community.

Yeah. But he's not going to get what he wants here, so has to decide between burning it down and taking another strategy.

@seindal @javi