[huskyr]

I think the only reasonable course of action for Automattic would be for Mullenweg to step down and for them to make a mea culpa, but i doubt that will happen. Given that half of the web runs on WordPress, i wonder how many people will actually move away from WP as a CMS. Maybe if there is a succesful community fork.

[bdcravens]

They could also buy WP Engine. Or vice versa.

I doubt it will result in a mass migration. Many wouldn't move to a fork. We are very engaged in this kind of news, but the kinds of users who use WordPress often aren't. Our small company actually uses WP Engine, and I asked our owner (who also handles content, marketing, etc, and who I report to) if he had heard of what was going on, and he hadn't.

[that_guy_iain]

They actually sold their stake in WP Engine... Maybe they realised that was a bad move.