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Matt Mullenweg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Today is the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of the first release of WordPress<\/a>. None of us knew what we were getting into when it started, but we had a shared conviction that the four freedoms of the GPL<\/a> combined with a mission to democratize publishing was something worth spending our time on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Om Malik<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The software’s first official release (WordPress 1.0) was made available on May 27, 2003. I had been using the software for a little longer when it was still in alpha. In 2004, I switched my old website to WordPress<\/a>, becoming the first major blog to embrace the platform. Considering obsolescence is a given, nothing lasts that long in the technology industry. It might not be as nimble or as basic as it started out, but it can still do one thing — help me maintain a homestead on the Internet, not controlled or defined by a platform. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I, for one, never would have predicted that WordPress would grow to become, by far<\/a>, the most popular CMS in the world, and the foundation of a thriving company<\/a> whose primary goal is making the web a better platform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n