Matt Mullenweg, the lead
developer of the popular WordPress blogging software, had hinted to us
a while back that he was leaving his job at CNET.

He wanted badly to launch a company that could provide the necessary clout and support for the WordPress software and the newer WordPress.com version aimed for sale to larger companies (the comparable to Six Apart’s Typepad).

It is now official. Today, he has launched a new company, called Automattic, a bootsrapped operation (no, the company is not looking for venture capital) founded by a handful of folks (with a heavy Texas contingent) to manage WordPress, WordPress.com and Akismet (a service to help block blog spam). For now, Matt is working out of his San Francisco apartment.

via Silcon Beat

Maybe I will sign up with Yahoo Hosting just to see how it works. I love WP, if Matt says its ok. It must be.

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