i think you're probably delusional, which is probably necessary for an entrepreneur. but outside of that, it seems like you could just pitch them? i mean, you

i think you're probably delusional, which is probably necessary for an entrepreneur. but outside of that, it seems like you could just pitch them? i mean, you open the dialogue, they're either interested in chatting or not, and go from there. joining as an outsider seems a good way to get zucked. but even as an insider you can get zucked. trying to join as a founder seems weird. i suspect they'll appreciate your opening a dialogue, and then they'll be happy to go on their way without you. i think having open source/free competitors can be very good for a company's bottom line -- the free stuff helps create/build the market, and bigger companies want enterprise features, voila. in any case, it always seems to be about trying to achieve some scale and then charging somebody for something, regardless of whether software is open source or 'free' or whatever else. good luck 'fundamentally improving the way the industry works' ;-D not hating -- just a little healthy skepticism. good luck!