I think there is a potential for backlash from the open-source community against companies that do not play according to the aspirations or ethics of that community. Geoffrey Moore
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[This consumer is not out in front, far from it. This consumer is] part of the herd. They're word-of-mouth creatures, ... They're asking their friends and colleagues, 'Are you using the camera on your cellphone yet? Me, neither.' But if they ask around and people say, 'Yeah, I use it all the time,' then they'll rethink and try it out. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RoaXMgY29uc3VtZXIgaXMgbm90IG91dCBpbiBmcm9udCwgZmFyIGZyb20gaXQuIFRoaXMgY29uc3VtZXIgaXNdIHBhcnQgb2YgdGhlIGhlcmQuIFRoZXkncmUgd29yZC1vZi1tb3V0aCBjcmVhdHVyZXMsIC4uLiBUaGV5J3JlIGFza2luZyB0aGVpciBmcmllbmRzIGFuZCBjb2xsZWFndWVzLCAnQXJlIHlvdSB1c2luZyB0aGUgY2FtZXJhIG9uIHlvdXIgY2VsbHBob25lIHlldD8gTWUsIG5laXRoZXIuJyBCdXQgaWYgdGhleSBhc2sgYXJvdW5kIGFuZCBwZW9wbGUgc2F5LCAnWWVhaCwgSSB1c2UgaXQgYWxsIHRoZSB0aW1lLCcgdGhlbiB0aGV5J2xsIHJldGhpbmsgYW5kIHRyeSBpdCBvdXQuIA==&author=ICBHZW9mZnJleSBNb29yZSAgICA=&num=8 "[This consumer is not out in front, far from it. This consumer is] part of the herd. They're word-of-mouth creatures, ... They're asking their friends and colleagues, 'Are you using the camera on your cellphone yet? Me, neither.' But if they ask around and people say, 'Yeah, I use it all the time,' then they'll rethink and try it out. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes")
![[These days, it may be easier to raise startup money than it was during the boom. No, it doesn't seem that way. But that's a perception promulgated by precarious or now deceased startups.] The companies founded two or three years ago have been struggling with the assumption that follow-on investments would be as easy to get as the initial funding, ... They're not getting [the follow-on] funding, and so they're telling people that VCs don't want to spend. We do, but more on the traditional companies missed during the dot-com bubble. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RoZXNlIGRheXMsIGl0IG1heSBiZSBlYXNpZXIgdG8gcmFpc2Ugc3RhcnR1cCBtb25leSB0aGFuIGl0IHdhcyBkdXJpbmcgdGhlIGJvb20uIE5vLCBpdCBkb2Vzbid0IHNlZW0gdGhhdCB3YXkuIEJ1dCB0aGF0J3MgYSBwZXJjZXB0aW9uIHByb211bGdhdGVkIGJ5IHByZWNhcmlvdXMgb3Igbm93IGRlY2Vhc2VkIHN0YXJ0dXBzLl0gVGhlIGNvbXBhbmllcyBmb3VuZGVkIHR3byBvciB0aHJlZSB5ZWFycyBhZ28gaGF2ZSBiZWVuIHN0cnVnZ2xpbmcgd2l0aCB0aGUgYXNzdW1wdGlvbiB0aGF0IGZvbGxvdy1vbiBpbnZlc3RtZW50cyB3b3VsZCBiZSBhcyBlYXN5IHRvIGdldCBhcyB0aGUgaW5pdGlhbCBmdW5kaW5nLCAuLi4gVGhleSdyZSBub3QgZ2V0dGluZyBbdGhlIGZvbGxvdy1vbl0gZnVuZGluZywgYW5kIHNvIHRoZXkncmUgdGVsbGluZyBwZW9wbGUgdGhhdCBWQ3MgZG9uJ3Qgd2FudCB0byBzcGVuZC4gV2UgZG8sIGJ1dCBtb3JlIG9uIHRoZSB0cmFkaXRpb25hbCBjb21wYW5pZXMgbWlzc2VkIGR1cmluZyB0aGUgZG90LWNvbSBidWJibGUuIA==&author=ICBHZW9mZnJleSBNb29yZSAgICA=&num=11 "[These days, it may be easier to raise startup money than it was during the boom. No, it doesn't seem that way. But that's a perception promulgated by precarious or now deceased startups.] The companies founded two or three years ago have been struggling with the assumption that follow-on investments would be as easy to get as the initial funding, ... They're not getting [the follow-on] funding, and so they're telling people that VCs don't want to spend. We do, but more on the traditional companies missed during the dot-com bubble. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes")
![The companies founded two or three years ago have been struggling with the assumption that follow-on investments would be as easy to get as the initial funding. They're not getting [the follow-on] funding, and so they're telling people that VCs don't want to spend. We do, but more on the traditional companies missed during the dot-com bubble. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIGNvbXBhbmllcyBmb3VuZGVkIHR3byBvciB0aHJlZSB5ZWFycyBhZ28gaGF2ZSBiZWVuIHN0cnVnZ2xpbmcgd2l0aCB0aGUgYXNzdW1wdGlvbiB0aGF0IGZvbGxvdy1vbiBpbnZlc3RtZW50cyB3b3VsZCBiZSBhcyBlYXN5IHRvIGdldCBhcyB0aGUgaW5pdGlhbCBmdW5kaW5nLiBUaGV5J3JlIG5vdCBnZXR0aW5nIFt0aGUgZm9sbG93LW9uXSBmdW5kaW5nLCBhbmQgc28gdGhleSdyZSB0ZWxsaW5nIHBlb3BsZSB0aGF0IFZDcyBkb24ndCB3YW50IHRvIHNwZW5kLiBXZSBkbywgYnV0IG1vcmUgb24gdGhlIHRyYWRpdGlvbmFsIGNvbXBhbmllcyBtaXNzZWQgZHVyaW5nIHRoZSBkb3QtY29tIGJ1YmJsZS4g&author=ICBHZW9mZnJleSBNb29yZSAgICA=&num=9 "The companies founded two or three years ago have been struggling with the assumption that follow-on investments would be as easy to get as the initial funding. They're not getting [the follow-on] funding, and so they're telling people that VCs don't want to spend. We do, but more on the traditional companies missed during the dot-com bubble. - Geoffrey Moore Quotes")
