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Maybe this is just my read of this, but it seems like the author is extrapolating a lot of intent from very little here… Is it possible the project has few emp

Maybe this is just my read of this, but it seems like the author is extrapolating a lot of intent from very little here… Is it possible the project has few employees and little revenue precisely because they don’t want a massive exit? Or is it possible they declined his request not because they’re chasing growth-at-all-costs and instead because they thought of this random LinkedIn message as simply another distraction from a developer who (statistically for random reach outs) might have wasted their time long term? Even if you fund it, it still might not be worth it for the developers, might be a distraction for their roadmap, might be a low value feature, random-LinkedIn-man may withdraw funding in the future or be a nightmare to work with… seems like there are more possible reasons he got a no than just “they’re obsessed with an exit.” I’m open to being wrong here, but I see a guy who is mad that a startup declined his feature request.

actionfromafar 1y ago
My thoughts exactly! That interpolation could be right, or wrong. As a story, it works, because this happens all the time. It's true, in the same way that Atlantis is true. (As a vehicle to put a spotlight on and discuss something.) For this particular instance, this company, who knows what the story is.
- draga79 1y ago
  I'm the author of the post. While I haven't shared all the details for various reasons, I can confirm the private contact wasn't made via LinkedIn (I also get tons of spam!). The author is aware of who I am. My aim wasn't to ask for anything strange; the software is perfectly okay as it is, and that's great! I was simply trying to ensure it will be supported and that I don't propose a solution to my customers that lacks a long-term plan.
  - em-bee 1y ago
    may i ask which OS you wanted support for?
    - draga79 1y ago
      FreeBSD - The software actually already runs on that OS, and I offered to conduct thorough tests, even in edge cases. I never asked for official support for the OS.

actionfromafar 1y ago

My thoughts exactly! That interpolation could be right, or wrong. As a story, it works, because this happens all the time. It's true, in the same way that Atlantis is true. (As a vehicle to put a spotlight on and discuss something.) For this particular instance, this company, who knows what the story is.

draga79 1y ago
I'm the author of the post. While I haven't shared all the details for various reasons, I can confirm the private contact wasn't made via LinkedIn (I also get tons of spam!). The author is aware of who I am. My aim wasn't to ask for anything strange; the software is perfectly okay as it is, and that's great! I was simply trying to ensure it will be supported and that I don't propose a solution to my customers that lacks a long-term plan.
- em-bee 1y ago
  may i ask which OS you wanted support for?
  - draga79 1y ago
    FreeBSD - The software actually already runs on that OS, and I offered to conduct thorough tests, even in edge cases. I never asked for official support for the OS.