PressConf reminded me that business isn’t about strategy or scale. It’s about people. The real moments happened off-stage, by the pool.

Over the past few months, you may have picked up on a few things —Joost de Valk was removed from the speaker lineup at WordCamp Asia. Progress Planner wasn’t allowed to sponsor. And in this tweet, Matt Mullenweg referred to Joost as “persona non grata” within the WordPress community. We haven’t publicly discussed this until…

Free software may not have a price tag, but it comes at a cost. From development time and financial backing to motivation and recognition, here’s what it really takes to build and sustain open source projects.