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How many open-sourced codebases from failed startups have succeeded as open-source projects? Can you name a single one?
by senderista 3y ago
How many open-sourced codebases from failed startups have succeeded as open-source projects? Can you name a single one?
- Wolfbeta 3y agoBlender
- l0b0 3y agoNetscape Navigator, which became Mozilla, which became Firefox.
- hnbad 3y ago[flagged]
- hobobaggins 3y ago> That's not entirely honest. Better to say not correct, rather than implying dishonesty.
- miohtama 3y agoOpenOffice
- hobobaggins 3y agoaka LibreOffice aka StarOffice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarOffice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarOffice Amazingly, there is still a really cool 90's website at https://www.staroffice.com https://www.staroffice.com ! You can even buy a neolithic version of StarOffice!
- jszymborski 3y agodarn, that _is_ a cool site
- tantalic 3y agoParse (https://parseplatform.org https://parseplatform.org)
- prerok 3y agoWould Godot count?
- dylmye 3y agoActual Budget (https://actualbudget.org https://actualbudget.org) - I'm not connected to them but I use their software on a daily basis and it's still well maintained.
- apollo1213 3y agohttps://www.chatwoot.com/ https://www.chatwoot.com/