Automattic is the company behind Wordpress (and Gravatar and a few other things).
Behind WordPress.com specifically. The WordPress(.org) open-source software project isn't owned by anyone, although both have the same founder and many Automattic employees are contributors to the software.
Interesting. Automattic are the makers of WordPress.
WordPress.com, to be exact. :) We contribute and volunteer a lot for core WordPress.
One of the things I love about HN is you often get the answer right from the "top".
in part a result of HN, but another part from the fact that Matt actually reads into the weeds of HN comments! Awesome!
"A lot" lol.
What's that supposed to mean? They maintain MOST of it.
I got the feeling that he was pointing out "a lot" as quite an understatement :)
Yes
No offense, but IMO that devalues an awful lot of work that comes both from independent individuals and other companies that use and invest back into the broader WordPress ecosystem.
Automattic is the company that maintains WordPress core.