It's a little concerning to me when something's commercial nature is so far in the background like this. I guess I've had too many years of, "Surprise, our business model is you!"
What's the surprise exactly? Deno works the same way, as do hundreds of other companies that give out an open source version of their software for free and provide hosting and support as paid services.
One difference is that Deno, and presumably those hundreds of other companies, have a pricing page. Whereas bun could easily be mistaken for just another open-source project.
What's their point? That they should not be open source? Or should not be allowed to ever launch a paid product? Or be forced to add a pricing page that...goes nowhere?
Wow didn't know they took a loan of $7 million dollars. That is an insane amount for a runtime without market adoption. Another one of those 2021 VC play I guess.
It's a little concerning to me when something's commercial nature is so far in the background like this. I guess I've had too many years of, "Surprise, our business model is you!"