Re:W4 Games raises $8.5M to support Godot Engine growth
by abdulmuhaimin on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:11PM
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The dynamics of open source and closed source software business is just very different. Try to understand that first before comparing apartments.
Re:W4 Games raises $8.5M to support Godot Engine growth
by BoorishBears on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @12:37AM
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I mention that difference no less than 3 times across three comments.
Learn to read before typing.
Re:W4 Games raises $8.5M to support Godot Engine growth
by abdulmuhaimin on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:02AM
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If thats all there is your understanding of open source and closed source business, then youre a fool.
An ignorant hardheaded fool, with head in the sand like an ostrich
Re:W4 Games raises $8.5M to support Godot Engine growth
by BoorishBears on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:44AM
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> Open Source is not a panacea for a project's leadership having shifting goals. It definitely doesn't hurt, but when you're talking about taking on incumbents like Unity and Unreal, it won't be easy to recover if "W4" starts losing focus because VCs want to do VC things.
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> An ignorant hardheaded fool, with head in the sand like an ostrich
You can tell who in this conversation has an intelligent take pretty easily.
Democratizing game creation, that's the motivation they both shared.
No one is saying that Godot will merge with an ad company in X years, my entire original point is that taking on VC funding is what pushed the main vision of Unity's founders away from where it started.
Now you have the person who's title was "head of development" for Godot taking on the title of "CEO" of a profit VC funded entity and you really have trouble seeing any parallels?
Open Source is not a panacea for a project's leadership having shifting goals. It definitely doesn't hurt, but when you're talking about taking on incumbents like Unity and Unreal, it won't be easy to recover if "W4" starts losing focus because VCs want to do VC things.