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> and the project is well funded by large investors. Hmm, why is there no mention of that in the splitting announcement? Did said large investors trigger the
by nottorp 2y ago
> and the project is well funded by large investors.
Hmm, why is there no mention of that in the splitting announcement?
Did said large investors trigger the drop of SerenityOS because they don't want to waste their resources on a niche hobby platform?
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- awesomekling 2y agoLadybird does not have investors, only sponsors/donors. We have received some really generous donations in the past, for example $100,000 from Shopify in 2023 which allowed me to hire a few of our contributors to work full time on the project. :) Sponsors have no direct influence over the project, but I obviously feel a strong moral obligation to put 100% of the funds towards improving Ladybird and nothing else.
- nottorp 2y ago100k is not "well funded by large investors" anyway :)
- lukan 2y agoSadly it is, when we are talking about independent open source projects.
- ykonstant 2y agoThat could fund my research for 5 years :(
- nottorp 2y agoYeah but one person working 5 years or 5 persons working 1 year isn't likely to be enough to make a modern browser that is feature complete enough to be able to replace the likes of Firefox, Chrome etc.
- 1GZ0 2y agoApologies, I did mean "well sponsored" not well funded, my mistake :') You're doing awesome work and I'm really excited for you and the project! All the best :)