The article doesn't say that, the article has a quote from the WordPress CEO saying that WP Engine needs to run its own update servers if it's going to truly run your WordPress experience.
This whole thing is embarrassing for open source.
The reason so many got a zero on question 4 was actually because of question 1.
Question 1 has always, in the current iteration of the test, been the easiest question. This year it wrecked hopes and dreams, and it consumed so much time that many students never made it to question 4.
When the questions were released, the teacher for Dallas Talented and Gifted was quoted as saying, "Question 1 was unfortunate."
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect "Hungry." -- a Larson cartoon