@JessTheUnstill @kkarhan @ariadne this rings true to me.
And I think there are still many projects that are in a similar position as WINE was in 1998.
https://mstdn.social/@msw/109610112577896130
@kkarhan @JessTheUnstill @ariadne it works to build businesses with billions of revenue (in the Red Hat example in particular), but not necessarily for getting funds all the way back to origin upstream projects and those who do the work.
(Disclosure: was an early Red Hat employee back in the late 90s and early 2000s.)
@msw @JessTheUnstill @ariadne *nodds in agreement*