Npm Raises $2.6M Seed Round • Hacker News Board

Re: Npm Raises $2.6M Seed Round

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Post by ethangarofolo » Wed, Feb 12, 2014, 5:21 PM UTC

EpicEng wrote: post #52

daleharvey wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

gcc isnt a service?

I suppose... though other package managers exist without funding... but hey, I wouldn't turn down 2.6 mil to make my project better either. I don't understand how they intend to monetize this, but whatever.

Canonical hosts packages for Ubuntu, and they pay for that by charging for other services. Free packages means more people using Ubuntu means more people seeking enterprise support.

There is always funding for everything that lives. Even if you're hosting something for "free" yourself, your job is the funding.

Re: Npm Raises $2.6M Seed Round

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Post by fiatjaf » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

Big money for a simple (lucky) project. I think it is time to move to another JS package registry.

Re: Npm Raises $2.6M Seed Round

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Post by EpicEng » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 8:04 PM UTC

ethangarofolo wrote: post #81

EpicEng wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose... though other package managers exist without funding... but hey, I wouldn't turn down 2.6 mil to make my project better either. I don't understand how they intend to monetize this, but whatever.

Canonical hosts packages for Ubuntu, and they pay for that by charging for other services. Free packages means more people using Ubuntu means more people seeking enterprise support. There is always funding for everything that lives. Even if you're hosting something for "free" yourself, your job is the funding.

Well, sure, but $2.8m? Seems like a bit much for this sort of thing.