Robert Jacobi

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Robert Jacobi is an open-source executive and entrepreneur who founded Arc Technology Group and served as President of Open Source Matters. He later served as EVP at Perfect Dashboard and Director of WordPress at Cloudways.

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3 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Jacobi: Joomla powers over 3% of the global internet, second to WordPress

“But as a whole, Joomla runs over three percent of the entire global internet. So it's actually only second to WordPress.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 2:09 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

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Opinion

Jacobi: Joomla deliberately avoids the commercial model of Automattic and Acquia

“The, there's a fundamental Philosophy difference at Joomla to not go the automatic or Acquia route if we look at Drupal.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 6:29 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

Insight

Jacobi: Trying to run consulting and software simultaneously caused failures

“We were still also a consulting firm at the same time. So we were trying to play both sides of the street. And that also probably contributed to some of those difficulties.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 13:10 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

Assertion Supported

Jacobi: Joomla powers over 3% of the global internet, second to WordPress

“But as a whole, Joomla runs over three percent of the entire global internet. So it's actually only second to WordPress.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 2:09 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Jacobi: Joomla is a 100% volunteer non-profit with no paid staff

“Oh, everyone in Joomla has a real day job. So Joomla is a hundred percent volunteer, non-for-profit.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 2:40 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

Assertion Supported

Jacobi: Joomla has surpassed 90 million downloads from Joomla.org

“We've had over ninety million downloads of Joomla from Joomla.org.”

Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 4:20 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced	Sep 13, 2018	6m

Robert Jacobi

The record, in short

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Appearances (1)

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