I can understand the natural scepticism and the 'no free lunch' viewpoint. But I know Neil and Simon and can happily vouch for them as people. In Red Gate they

I can understand the natural scepticism and the 'no free lunch' viewpoint. But I know Neil and Simon and can happily vouch for them as people. In Red Gate they have bootstrapped (completely without any external investors) a profitable company that is turning over tens of millions of dollar a year. They are the slightly unusual (at least by valley standards) entrepreneurs who have little or no desire to take their company public. I am sure some commercial opportunities will come of this for them, but I very much doubt that is their primary motivation. Really pleased to see this is a happening and wish them all the best with it.