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Thanks! That one was my favorite too :)

Hah, that's not a bad article idea ;)

Just set up a Twitter (@SeriesF_News) I'll look into a Facebook next :) Thanks!

The group that did that at our SW got eliminated during judging.

I can't speak for all Startup Weekend events, but at the one I went too, every single project was a tech startup. On the team I was on, the vibe from the "idea person" was definitely "How can I get a developer to help me for free?"

Last Startup Weekend I went to had 7 devs out of 110 people. Definitely an issue.

EDIT: All but one of the 11 teams were tech/programming required startups guys. I'm not talking about "Startup Weekend" as a whole, I'm talking about my experience at the event I went to.

Well that escalated quickly:

https://twitter.com/matthewkremer/status/586623677673906176

Why does this completely destroy the back button?

They are officially labeling us as "attackers" on seclists now:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/37

Just downloaded this and had to share. I have Bose IE2s, and am not necessarily an audiophile, but just turning on Boom makes the sound INCREDIBLE.

I can tell you that I got interviews at 6 "startups" (ranging from garage to multi-million dollars) in San Francisco without giving any of them resumes. And I live in Milwaukee, so they even had to fly me out.

Seems like SF is on top of it, Milwaukee on the other hand, only cares about how many years of experience you have. Nothing else.

You're completely correct in my opinion, but I'd like to add one crucial point:

If people are asking/begging for the tool to be open sourced, then they do indeed value it. Otherwise, why would they care if it just withered and died?

They may not have valued it as much as the product was charging for, but that's a different debate entirely. I'm assuming there was some discussion of commercial viability, lowering prices, etc. before they chose to shut down. (You pretty much said this part in your second paragraph, this is the "execution" part.)

Honestly, I'm not quite sure how I feel about this.

I have people that ask me to open-source my current side-project all the time (one that is paid), and I find it insanely disrespectful.

"Yes, let me just hand over the source code for my commercial product. How about not."

I'm not trying to sound greedy, but money speaks. If these companies want the software open sourced, they should be pitching in for the cost. If you don't think something is worth money, you don't value it at all.

EDIT: Perhaps this is a good place to drop the "challenge" I gave myself and invited other developers to join me a few months ago.

DEVELOPERS - I challenge you to spend some money TODAY:

https://mattkremer.com/developers-you-need-to-stop-being-so-...

Gotta make something out of it, lol. :)