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Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Re: Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Post by lixef »

@mitchellh Congratulations first! As I've been reading your tweets I've been guessing that you would starting, which focuses you on Vagrant.

I have a few questions: When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step? How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC? How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?

I wish you all the best for your company. And because I've been using Vagrant every day: Thank you very much.

Re: Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Post by mitchellh »

lixef wrote: post #42

@mitchellh Congratulations first! As I've been reading your tweets I've been guessing that you would starting, which focuses you on Vagrant. I have a few questions: When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step? How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC? How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like? I wish you all the bes…

> When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step?

The inkling of a possibility of something like this only entered my head around March/April 2012. I committed to the idea in June 2012.

> How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC?

I'm attempting to bootstrap it on my own for now, because I think I have a solid foundation so there is a clear line to revenue. Of course, my runway to do this is much shorter than if I had VC funding. On the other hand, I have a lot more freedom without VC funding.

> How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?

There will be many more open source add-ons, and I think it should be this way.

Thank YOU for using Vagrant. :)

Re: Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Post by TallGuyShort »

dreamdu5t wrote: post #20

Vagrant is a VirtualBox with a bunch of packages pre-installed? Am I correct?

If you frequently use VMs I suggest you checkout the example on their front page - it's super fast and I've found Vagrant to make a HUGE impact on my productivity and ability to use VMs for their intended purpose.

Re: Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Post by petercooper »

typicalrunt wrote: post #40
blhack wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://vagrantup.com/ A bit of constructive criticism: The "this changes everything" thing has become way, way, overplayed. I saw that and immediately rolled my eyes and stopped reading. It is about at the level of "code ninja" now.

You'd be surprised how many Enterprise companies are discovering Vagrant for the first time. "You can have the same environment shared by everyone, and still look like Dev/QA/Production?" they ask. It's amazing how far behind some companies are on the tech curve.

This isn't just a problem of a tech curve or conservatism but one of exposure and marketing. There are a lot of great tools and systems out there that are pretty in your face and obvious to use in certain niches yet.. you'll still run across good folks who are new to them. Always plenty of room to expand! (And that's a good thing ;-))

Re: Announcing HashiCorp (a Company for Vagrant)

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Post by rhizome »

aashay wrote: post #26
mitchellh wrote: post #4

I'm here to answer any questions, if you have them. I'm really excited! Fun fact, I first "launched" Vagrant on HN almost exactly 1000 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175901

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how do you pronounce HashiCorp? Is it "HAA-she" (rhymes with Kashi, like the cereal) or is it "HASH-i" (rhymes with "flashy")? I'm guessing it's the former since it'd match the Japanese pronunciation of your last name...?

"Kashi" is pronounced like "flashy."
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