congrats, i guess but not a fan of the VC route, we all know how this ends.
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They figured out a way to fund work that they care deeply about.
With respect, and without impugning your right to make this criticism, I find your criticism shallow.
I don't know what your particular circumstances are, but I see your view expounded a lot by developers who are getting their salaries from companies that can afford to pay them because they took VC money in the first place.
We are certainly not entitled to Deno for free (although the MIT license is in their best interests for now). I am glad they found a way to sustain its development for the near future.
> They figured out a way to fund work that they care deeply about.
No, they figured out a way to delete that problem.
VC money isn't a gift. It's a loan.
It is most definitely not a loan. It is time/runway, purchased with equity and eventual loss of control.
Edit: There is more to it, of course. It is also entry into a somewhat exclusive network of future investors + customers if you choose your VCs wisely.
Which route on an independent MIT licensed project would you suggest?
It is matter of time until they release a proprietary version which is better than the MIT version.
Chrome vs chromium etc
The blog post specifically says that that will not happen
Yes, but Facebook said it will not monetize WhatsApp, and something similar when they bought WhatsApp Instagram.
We all know how that turned out to be
History repeats itself, the above two are the recent incidents that comes to my mind
And you will never need a FB account for Oculus
Most people will do things when in difficulties that they swear they would never do if asked while comfortable.
Most people are pathological liars.
no they're not, a large number are - maybe 13% https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/science/13-people-are-path... , what it is is that most people just aren't that self-aware or have a better opinion of themselves than is perhaps warranted.
So let me make clear here, if I ever start a company based on open source principles and it looks like I am going to get squeezed out of business by Amazon if I keep sticking to those principles I will probably abandon those principles (unless I'm already a billionaire and have something really cool I want to work on anyway) because damned if I would let Amazon beat me. The chance of my abandoning those principles will correlate closely to how bad my finances will be after losing out to Amazon.
On the other hand if I build up a big enough company and start making money off of using open source technologies as a service for other technologists I hope I would support the open source projects from which I was benefiting.
> So let me make clear here, if I ever start a company based on open source principles and it looks like I am going to get squeezed out of business by Amazon if I keep sticking to those principles I will probably abandon those principles (unless I'm already a billionaire and have something really cool I want to work on anyway) because damned if I would let Amazon beat me. The chance of my abandoning those principles will correlate closely to how bad my finances will be after losing out to Amazon.
If you want to keep this option open, then make no such promises or (perhaps better) formulate the promises in a way that is aligned to the options that you do want to keep open for the company.
Let's make a gentlemens' bet. If Deno is still completely free in 5 years, I'll give you $500. You up for that?
A gentleman’s bet with $500 is just a bet.
Isn't a "gentleman's bet" one with no bookie / office / dealer / etc?
> If Deno is still completely free in 5 years, I'll give you $500. You up for that?
Heck, sign me up. Who wouldn't be up for that? What's the downside supposed to be?
It wasn’t clear enough that if it isn’t, you’ll be expected to give me $500?
Maybe if you had included that in the terms of the bet.
You'll lose your money. Deno will be free. DenoPro won't be though.
Part of what VC investment means is that this is not his decision to make anymore.
sell some of the deno artworks [0] as an NFT?