Details are scarce, but Matt Wullenweg, developer of WordPress, has announced that WordPress.com (as opposed to distribution site WordPress.org) will offer a hosted version of the popular free-of-charge blogging program. Observers are positioning this development as competition for TypePad. More directly, it seems like competition to Bluehost, PowWeb, TextDrive, and other generic Web hosts that offer WordPress pre-installations. wordPress.com will have to distinguish itself not just by virtue of the software (vs. TypePad), but by superior service (vs. other WordPress hosts).
1. We won't be competing with our host partners at all. :)
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Matt