Dilema

[John Tapsell]

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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
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