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> Ouch. We're just a few hackers trying to fix broken developer tools. And we (gwillen and anyone who agrees with his comment, myself included) are just a few
by GuiA 12y ago
> Ouch. We're just a few hackers trying to fix broken developer tools.
And we (gwillen and anyone who agrees with his comment, myself included) are just a few hackers who are tired of having the rug pulled under their feet when $CORP inevitably comes with the big bucks and all claims made by the founders in the early days of the company mysteriously disappear from the homepage.
Talk is cheap.
- grinich 12y agoI like to think that shipping code is the best argument. https://github.com/inboxapp/inbox https://github.com/inboxapp/inbox But yeah, I totally understand the lousy feeling of being burned when $STARTUP gets acquired or shut down. Wish I could say more to quell your concerns. We're just going to keep working on this every day to earn respect from developers. We don't take it lightly. /edit
- amirmc 12y agoEasiest way to earn the kind of respect you're after is to only make claims you can visibly and tangibly support. You cannot realistically claim you will 'never' get bought out, so don't say it.
- Kadrith 12y agoIf the code is released with an Open Source license, haven't they already met the claim? Sure the company could be bought out, but the code can't be. Even if they were bought out the code would still be available and someone else could provide the service and continue development. Releasing the code seems like the best guarantee possible.
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