Real life stories like these gives us the spirit. Its nice to know there are still fighters around at every corner.
I agree with David Axmark's talk that points to the condition where more time spent coding brought them fame rather than time writing a business case. They know nothing akin to MBAs, lawyers and salesmen. They survived very nicely just having the world at their feet and just a handful of clients. Giving their work away freely gave them things in return freely. It was an international passport. In the next morning talk, he supported the maxim that "Prophets are rejected by their own people". He shared with us how being in Sweden, he was largely unknown for 5 years later when MySQL becomes a worldwide hit. Marcus wrote: > He was jobless when he did that? I didn't assume he asked for funding, i > just assumed he had spare time and an existing paid job. At least that > is how the traditional school was to me...fund your own ideas with your > own money. > > When i first co-started a company in 1999, i swiped my credit card RM 5k > for a dell 486 machine, worked in a rented apartment, survived on saved > salaries, lots of mineral water and Mat Wan Burger stall. > I did wished i got some fundings and never got any back then, neither > did i know how to. What i do know is : 1. funding is taking people's > money, you better do good with it 2. Its business as usual. > > - cheers > > marcus. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
