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# Announcements galore from PMatty
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/announcements-galore-from-pmatty/
- Published: 2005-12-21T11:58:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:33:31.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Open source, Technology, WordPress, automattic, yahoo

![Automattic](http://static.flickr.com/36/76003509_1c21b35658_m.jpg)

Big week for my good buddy [Matty Mullenweg](http://photomatt.net/?ref=chrismessina.me):

- [Automattic](http://automattic.com/?ref=chrismessina.me), Matt's WordPress startup, [has](http://photomatt.net/2005/12/20/automattic-beta/?ref=chrismessina.me) [launched](http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2005/12/20/mullenweg%5Flaunches%5Fautomattic%5Fto%5Fexpand%5Fwordpress%5Fscores%5Fyahoo%5Ftoo.html?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [New stats system for WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com/blog/2005/12/19/blog-stats-update/?ref=chrismessina.me) is coming
- Yahoo will be [bundling WordPress with Yahoo Hosting](http://wordpress.org/development/2005/12/wordpress-on-yahoo/?ref=chrismessina.me)
- [WordPress 2.0 Release Candidate available](http://wordpress.org/development/2005/12/wordpress-20-release-candidate/?ref=chrismessina.me)

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Matt](http://photomatt.net/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-12-22 16:39:39

Seems like the Open Source Mafia family is coming along nicely. ;)

**[Hullavu Birthday, eh Matt? at FactoryCity](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/12/hullavu-birthday-eh-matt/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-01-12 02:42:24

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