http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/ Former Open Source programmer with experience at companies like IBM and Apple. Now a UI Designer with an education in Cognitive Science and Human-Computer Interaction. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:40:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4847 julian Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:48:19 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4847 I'm still going to use WordPress, but it's still quite silly that they complain about bandwidth costs when they're forcing every single WordPress user to load an RSS feed off of their site every time a user goes to admin. If you want to avoid high bandwidth costs, you shouldn't do stupid things like that. I’m still going to use WordPress, but it’s still quite silly that they complain about bandwidth costs when they’re forcing every single WordPress user to load an RSS feed off of their site every time a user goes to admin. If you want to avoid high bandwidth costs, you shouldn’t do stupid things like that.

]]> http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4839 Eliot Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:24:44 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4839 Yeah, pretty crazy story. Not handled very well at all. Ah well, I'll still probably keep using WP for awhile. Yeah, pretty crazy story. Not handled very well at all. Ah well, I’ll still probably keep using WP for awhile.

]]> http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4835 Andy Skelton Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:04:10 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2005/03/31/wordpressorg-bandwidth-costs-too-high/#comment-4835 Maybe if we, the users, were a little quicker to pay for the services we use while Matt scrambled to cover the costs--nobody predicted the growth rate WP has seen--he wouldn't have been faced with that tough decision. I don't defend his actions, but I am donating three figures today. Maybe if we, the users, were a little quicker to pay for the services we use while Matt scrambled to cover the costs–nobody predicted the growth rate WP has seen–he wouldn’t have been faced with that tough decision. I don’t defend his actions, but I am donating three figures today.

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