Linux development began in 1991 if I'm remembering right, and as far as I know, the first cash infusion came from DEC to help port it to their architectures in 94 or 95. The core of the OS was written, functioned and generally worked on x86 machines.
How much money did Drupal start up with? How much money did Wordpress? How about phpBB?
The distinction I might have failed to make is that the corporations came AFTER the product. They spawned industry around the product. Yes, Drupal et al have become commercial, but they were bootstrapped products to the best of my knowledge.
Again, $200,000 is a lot of money, and should have been a near infinite amount of money for a lean startup whose members are straight out of college. That they're only to the point that they are with the funding they've had, and that they're asking for more funding is ridiculous.
How much money did Drupal start up with? How much money did Wordpress? How about phpBB?
The distinction I might have failed to make is that the corporations came AFTER the product. They spawned industry around the product. Yes, Drupal et al have become commercial, but they were bootstrapped products to the best of my knowledge.
Again, $200,000 is a lot of money, and should have been a near infinite amount of money for a lean startup whose members are straight out of college. That they're only to the point that they are with the funding they've had, and that they're asking for more funding is ridiculous.