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> The last 30 or so years have been a lopsided tale of OSS creating a lot of value and SaaS / IaaS capturing most of it. Well said. It is easy to forget that a
by amenod 7y ago
> The last 30 or so years have been a lopsided tale of OSS creating a lot of value and SaaS / IaaS capturing most of it.
Well said. It is easy to forget that all that software that is running the cloud providers' machinery was in many cases started by enthusiasts that simply wanted to scratch their itch.
It is interesting that only a few businesses from the list of $100M+ OSS companies didn't receive VC funding. Also some of the facts are... weird. Mozilla financed by "Ads/Royalties"? Also, Coinbase? Maybe I just don't understand the contents.
- orhmeh09 7y agoI believe most of Mozilla's revenue comes from its deals with search engines to be built-in to the browser. https://www.cnet.com/news/google-firefox-search-deal-gives-mozilla-more-money-to-push-privacy/ https://www.cnet.com/news/google-firefox-search-deal-gives-m...
- awad 7y agoThe whole point of Coinbase is to take something that only enthusiasts can use and make it accessible to the masses. That's a pretty big value add.