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The biggest challenge for open source is that as it enters the consumer market, as projects like WordPress and Firefox have done, you have to create a user experience that is on par or better than the proprietary alternatives.
Matt Mullenweg
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Matt Mullenweg
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: January 11
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Matthew Charles Mullenweg
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