> The problem is all the flash in the pan ZIRP VC funded never-profit SaaS startups out there. The thing is those startups sometimes make very useful software

> The problem is all the flash in the pan ZIRP VC funded never-profit SaaS startups out there. The thing is those startups sometimes make very useful software while they're around. I ran Sparrow (an email client from > 10 years ago) for years after the company that made it was shuttered and acquired by Google. If Sparrow was a SaaS product it would be gone 30 days after the acquisition was announced. > SaaS from established firms seems to be more durable & maintained. I'm sure many other users have noticed this too. I wonder if it makes breaking into the software space as an upstart firm harder than "in the old days".