{"id":118465,"date":"2015-10-15T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livablesoftware.com\/?p=118465"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:28:18","slug":"day-asked-matt-mullenweg-wp-founder-100-000-usd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livablesoftware.com\/day-asked-matt-mullenweg-wp-founder-100-000-usd\/","title":{"rendered":"The day I asked Matt Mullenweg (WP founder) for 100.000 USD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few days before WordCamp Europe 2015<\/a> I wrote to Matt<\/a> asking for 100K USD and telling him I’d be in Seville, venue of the WordCamp 2015, hoping to discuss my request in person there.<\/p>\n

This was completely out of the blue. Matt and I had never met in the past nor had common friends that could introduce me to him, but he is known to be approachable, so I thought it was worth a try. And indeed, after his Q&A session, I was able to have a chat with him.<\/p>\n

Did I get the money? Answer at the end but first things first, let me explain to you what I wanted the money for.<\/p>\n

My original email request<\/h2>\n

Dear Matt,<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m\u00a0Jordi Cabot<\/a>, a Research Professor in Barcelona with a research focus on software engineering and, in the last couple of years, a special interest in\u00a0software analytics<\/a>. I’ll be at WCEU giving the talk\u00a0Looking at WordPress through the eyes of a Software Researcher<\/a>\u00a0(current version of the\u00a0slides<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

What is my goal?<\/strong><\/em>
\nI want to use software analytics’ tools and techniques developed by myself or other researchers to improve WordPress. By “improve” I mean both, the code itself and the way the WP community collaborates to develop that code.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What I want from you?<\/strong><\/em>
\nYou may be wondering why I can’t do that on my own, given that WP is open source. Good question indeed. I have two answers:<\/em><\/p>\n