[pavon]

While it may be better to have love and lost than never loved at all, you are not going to see people celebrate the breakup of what they thought was a good relationship.

It is true that VC money has created a ton of great open source software that would have never been created otherwise. But it is not a forgone conclusion that the software eventually going closed was a requirement of that VC investment. Nor do I see it as a sign of good health for the software or the company. It might be a sign that the company has given up on future growth and decided to milk existing customers as much as they can. It might be a hail-mary pass to try to bring in income because their current model isn't working. It might be a swinging of tides against a business model that many companies tried, but far fewer succeeded at. It might be an emotional knee-jerk to what they see as unfair use of the software. But I really don't see the argument that it is a mark of success.

[dirkriehle]

> But it is not a forgone conclusion that the software eventually going closed was a requirement of that VC investment.

True, but it is the best option these vendors currently see, otherwise they wouldn't do it. There are alternatives, but none has stuck so far.