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I love to see stories like this. Inspiring other companies that contributing to open source can have a ROI.

• gtirloni 3y ago
  Do you like to see these stories as a customer/user or as a founder/investor?
  • jdorfman 3y ago
    As an open source contributor and community member.
    • gtirloni 3y ago
      Maybe you're not aware of what happens when big companies buy smaller companies that were the main stewards of open source projects. There are many comments in here detailing how much can and usually goes wrong (for contributors, users and the community at large).
      • jdorfman 3y ago
        Oh, I'm aware. Cisco will most likely fuck this up somehow. But this story will inspire other small companies to invest in contributing to the open source supply chain which is good for all of us.
• hintklb 3y ago
  Did they though? No price announced which means it's not even clear if investors and employees were made whole.
  • jdorfman 3y ago
    True. Maybe ROI wasn't the right phrase.