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> Now if I'm being honest about my motivations for this blog post, it's that I want to prove that open source funding is not a zero-sum game. Honest. > If the
by shdh 7y ago
> Now if I'm being honest about my motivations for this blog post, it's that I want to prove that open source funding is not a zero-sum game.
Honest.
> If there's anything we've learned from the V language Internet drama that has unfolded over the past few days, it's that open source projects have to do marketing if they want to get financial support.
Marketing or usefulness.
- gibolt 7y agoUnfortunately, most people can't make it to a comparable level of usefulness as other existing projects without some level of financial support. The marketing is required to even try. This is the dilemma most startups face, balancing promises vs. current reality
- fwip 7y agoI think his entire point is that usefulness isn't enough. Musl libc is important and useful, but underfunded. Thus, he's doing marketing for it.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoActually usefulness isn't enough, unfortunately. When software is really good you hardly think about it because it stays out of your way and does what you want without a lot of fuss. I myself have been guilty of not donating to projects from which I derive significant value unless prompted, namely: qBittorrent, VLC, Paint.Net, KeePass, etc.