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Didn't they want it make development go faster by putting money in it. It's perfectly possible to make money with free software. If you come with good argument and bring it in a good way it should be possible to convince them. If you need help, ask here. If you can't, look for another VC.
It all boils down to money. They ask me, 'why would a company pay us any money if they can get it for free?'. And I cannot answer - but then I'm not a business man.
particulary since as a closed source system I'd be looking at selling it for 10's of thousands of pounds per client (large company)
To Ray - They get 5% equity, and 1.5% profit - which is _very_ good.
Existing companies based on free software tend to provide a service (I'm thinking redhat etc), which doesn't sound too safe.
JohnFlux