> We all love free open source software. But when VCs get involved, it means they
> expect a huge monetary return. These things just don’t go together.
I am not sure what case study the author is thinking of that they are so hostile to the idea of cash flowing into OSS ?
I would like to see more money flowing toward open source creators and maintainers. It's terrible that companies use the OSS that's built on the backs of people that do not receive remuneration for their efforts.
PS: I really like the design and speed of the author's website. Inspired me to pickup Astro for next project.
With VC backing open source work, at some point there's going to be a big demand to monetize all the users of that software they put all that money into. We haven't seen the result of that yet, but we will, and it's not going to be pretty. The main players that I've seen here are Gatsby, Vercel, Apollo GraphQL, and more – it _will_ happen. Those edge networks they're selling aren't going to have that hockey-stick growth that VCs are looking for, so what next?
PS: Thanks! I have a blog entry about why I ended up choosing Astro as well. I was just playing around with it and it sort of stuck because it was so fast and easy.
> I would like to see more money flowing toward open source creators and maintainers. It's terrible that companies use the OSS that's built on the backs of people that do not receive remuneration for their efforts.
Support them directly, then, if they offer the means to do so. Corporations don't pay the creators of open source software because by definition they don't have to. They also tend not to contribute back to projects, have a habit of abusing licenses and stealing code, and have an outsized influence on the community (see Google/Chromium's de facto control of web standards.)
> We all love free open source software. But when VCs get involved, it means they > expect a huge monetary return. These things just don’t go together.
I am not sure what case study the author is thinking of that they are so hostile to the idea of cash flowing into OSS ?
I would like to see more money flowing toward open source creators and maintainers. It's terrible that companies use the OSS that's built on the backs of people that do not receive remuneration for their efforts.
PS: I really like the design and speed of the author's website. Inspired me to pickup Astro for next project.