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VCs are naturally risk takers, there is a lot of VC money out there seeking novel projects. Maybe if textual can land some companies like Dell/IBM/AMD/Oracle/AW
by stjohnswarts 4y ago
VCs are naturally risk takers, there is a lot of VC money out there seeking novel projects. Maybe if textual can land some companies like Dell/IBM/AMD/Oracle/AWS who want snappier textual frontends for sysadmins rather than slow/clunky web interfaces for sysadmins/app admins to do stuff like board management controllers and textual dashboards for app/status monitoring stuff. Lower bandwidth/more dependable than web interfaces over slow/spotty interconnections with something like mosh. Seems like an option. Projects like this that add color, etc add a 3rd dimension to a 2 dimensional text landscape and I think that counts for a lot.
- zasdffaa 4y agoMake me happy and point me at some of these because I have something and can find no-one to even look at it, and I believe it has actual cash value.
- teddyh 4y ago> Maybe if textual can land some companies like Dell/IBM/AMD/Oracle/AWS And? What does “land” mean here, exactly? The project is FOSS, so they won’t sell the software the traditional way. So how will they make money?
- vulcan01 4y agoLarge companies tend to prefer support for any major dependencies, so, companies built around an open-source project typically sell support. Customers might also hire them for consulting, custom implementations using the project, etc. However, it's not a high-value business so it is somewhat surprising VCs are funding this.
- teddyh 4y agoMaybe the VCs are quietly planning to force the company to make the source proprietary once they get enough adoption by such large companies?