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Mullenweg acknowledges judge reversed Advanced Custom Fields plugin repository takeover
“This is controversial and actually the, they actually got a preliminary injection. So the judge said reverse this. So this has all been reversed by the way.”
Mullenweg claims WP Engine called itself 'WordPress Engine' in client meetings
“They would refer to themselves as WordPress engine and client meetings and other things.”
Mullenweg claims WP Engine broke WordPress undo feature to save money
“So to save money, they were actually turning off features like revisions. So a cool part about WordPress that actually one of my favorite features is every change to every single post or page is saved forever, just like Wikipedia. So if you make a mistake, you…”
Mullenweg: Silver Lake failed to sell WP Engine over IP concerns
“Last year, they tried to sell the company. So private equity usually holds things for like five to seven years. So they were kind of five years into this. They tried to shop it around and sell it. They weren't able to find a buyer. They said, well, they don't …”
Mullenweg claims WP Engine refuses podcast, press, or journalist inquiries
“WP Engine has not done any podcasts and no press. They don't respond to journalists. They don't talk about this.”
Mullenweg claims 98% of WordPress core developers remained despite public dispute
“98% of all the core developers have stayed and contributed and are working on the next version and are supportive”
Mullenweg claims WP Engine spends millions monthly on lawyers and PR
“And also, you know, they're spending millions of dollars a month on both lawyers and PR.”
Cohen: Fast-growing companies focus on operational scaling over accelerating growth
“Like if growth is really good, the problem is generally operationally scaling to meet the growth. And so you're focused on that. It's when growth slows where you're like, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, right? We have to focus on growth now must as opposed…”