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I'm sure everyone involved made some money but aren't they basically a consultancy?

by zenithm 8y ago

redwood 8y ago
Acquihire and street cred are valuable at a time when there's a bit of a race in the space. IBM revved up the heat.
- Justsignedup 8y ago
  These engineers will never otherwise work for VMware. So they spent a shitton of money to hire them. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just for the two engineers.
  - yebyen 8y ago
    There are certainly more than just those two engineers that work at Heptio. Surely some of them will also continue the work that Heptio still has in front of it? I don't have any insider knowledge about this besides what was in the article, but it says that "Beda and McLuckie _and their team_" will all be joining VMware. I have no reason to doubt any of that, although I don't know what it means for Heptio's Amazon partnership, or utilities like Heptio Authenticator. Presumably that work will still continue in some form though, it would be a surprise to hear otherwise since VMware and AWS are already "strategic technology partners" as well.
  - johnvanommen 8y ago
    I knew a guy like that. He was big into open source and he worked for a small start up. His company was swallowed up by a huge tech company. Years later I tried to get him to join the company I worked for, and he said it was impossible, basically his stock options were so insane he couldn't work anywhere else. "Golden handcuffs"
segmondy 8y ago
Really? With all the tools they have written that are open source and on GitHub?
- zenithm 8y ago
  Are they selling them for money? Or are they just things useful in the consulting process and a way to create awareness for the company? The website advertises professional services, training, support subscriptions, and books. Redhat model I guess.
- taylorwc 8y ago
  A large incumbent with a service-based revenue model contributing to and offering OSS is a classic move to 'commoditize your complement'[0]. [0] https://www.gwern.net/Complement#2 https://www.gwern.net/Complement#2

I'm sure everyone involved made some money but aren't they basically a consultancy?

redwood 8y ago

Acquihire and street cred are valuable at a time when there's a bit of a race in the space. IBM revved up the heat.

Justsignedup 8y ago
These engineers will never otherwise work for VMware. So they spent a shitton of money to hire them. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just for the two engineers.
- yebyen 8y ago
  There are certainly more than just those two engineers that work at Heptio. Surely some of them will also continue the work that Heptio still has in front of it? I don't have any insider knowledge about this besides what was in the article, but it says that "Beda and McLuckie _and their team_" will all be joining VMware. I have no reason to doubt any of that, although I don't know what it means for Heptio's Amazon partnership, or utilities like Heptio Authenticator. Presumably that work will still continue in some form though, it would be a surprise to hear otherwise since VMware and AWS are already "strategic technology partners" as well.
- johnvanommen 8y ago
  I knew a guy like that. He was big into open source and he worked for a small start up. His company was swallowed up by a huge tech company. Years later I tried to get him to join the company I worked for, and he said it was impossible, basically his stock options were so insane he couldn't work anywhere else. "Golden handcuffs"

segmondy 8y ago

Really? With all the tools they have written that are open source and on GitHub?

zenithm 8y ago
Are they selling them for money? Or are they just things useful in the consulting process and a way to create awareness for the company? The website advertises professional services, training, support subscriptions, and books. Redhat model I guess.
taylorwc 8y ago
A large incumbent with a service-based revenue model contributing to and offering OSS is a classic move to 'commoditize your complement'[0]. [0] https://www.gwern.net/Complement#2 https://www.gwern.net/Complement#2