I really wanted software for my own blog, there was no Javascript at the time. By the time people started to really think about Web apps, WordPress was becoming more than just a blogging tool, but more of a CMS. So now people use it to power their websites not just their blogs.

Difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Trademark change

Tricky one. Started as an open source project, but where we were i 05 we werent sure how to take it to the next level. what if it could be one-click simple, became wp.com. millions of people started using it, but we had the .org as well.

we looked at the situation, and we decided the trademark belongs in a non-profit org

Challenges of building a biz on open-source?

toni: biggest one is to start a business that wouldn’t kill the open source project, scare away the community. Our goal has been for both to reinforce each other, and it has worked. Both have seen growth.

How big is WordPress?

There are about 30 million publishers. 10% of all websites in the world. On wp.com 300m uniques

Are you making money?

We’re focused on growth right now, so we invest a lot in infrastructure and so on. We haven’t been focused on revenues so far, but we’re break-even.

How big is the company right now?

We’re about 74 people. I think we make about $1 million a month from all our services separately.

Where does most of the revenues come from?

Most comes from premium services, the hosting service

Goal’s not to be acquired.

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