[rvnx]

1) Big Corp approaches the single dev saying that Famous Boss of Big Corp is impressed by his project and would like to hear more about it and maybe acquire his project

2) Single dev shares secret sauce (if necessary) during due diligence

3) Big Corp makes a super low offer

4) Big Corp puts 2 engineers on it to copy the result

5) Big Corp is now Bigger Corp, and single dev is still single.

[tehsauce]

Yes, this is exactly how it will go down I think. Somewhere I read a great analysis which said this was the opposite of "disruptive innovation", but instead this type of innovation will primarily reinforce the positions of the incumbents.