Meteor Raises $20M

#1

Post by brendannee » Tue, May 19, 2015, 1:20 PM UTC

Re: Meteor Raises $20M

#2

Post by rywalker » Tue, May 19, 2015, 2:56 PM UTC

Congratz to a very smart team. Love how Meteor seeks to include other good Javascript frameworks into the platform (like React, Angular), rather than trying to force an artificial "one true way" — looking forward to seeing Galaxy.

Re: Meteor Raises $20M

#3

Post by ep103 » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:02 PM UTC

I just wish it wasn't so tightly integrated into everything. I'd love to use Meteor as a library, but I'm always afraid of choosing something that I can't replace later.

Either way, best of luck to them!

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#4

Post by egeozcan » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:04 PM UTC

I think the primary focus on further development in Meteor should be supporting additional databases officially, and after that, supporting operational transformation and conflict resolution strategies come to mind. In my opinion, they are the biggest hurdles towards creating reliable real-time applications.

Official React or Angular support isn't a game-changer. They can already be integrated easily with the reactive data providers.

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#5

Post by smanuel » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

That's cool. Does Meteor actually make, sorry for using such a dirty word, money from something?

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#6

Post by auvi » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:10 PM UTC

Can anybody tell me what is the business model of Meteor? If they are getting investments, the investors has some idea of a ROI and what that could be?

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#7

Post by adamnemecek » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:12 PM UTC

smanuel wrote: post #5

That's cool. Does Meteor actually make, sorry for using such a dirty word, money from something?

Hosting.

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Post by Cshelton » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:13 PM UTC

auvi wrote: post #6

Can anybody tell me what is the business model of Meteor? If they are getting investments, the investors has some idea of a ROI and what that could be?

My best guess...20m is a small amount to invest in your tools. It's a development budget so other companies can utilize the tool for greater leverage. (What they believe to be faster development time with quick iterations and quick MVPs)

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#9

Post by richenglish » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:19 PM UTC

What happens to Meteor if Galaxy fails as a commercial endeavour?

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#10

Post by smanuel » Tue, May 19, 2015, 3:23 PM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #7

smanuel wrote: post #5

That's cool. Does Meteor actually make, sorry for using such a dirty word, money from something?

Hosting.

I couldn't find any pricing information on their website and that's why I asked.

I've heard people using Meteor on Heroku, DO, etc. but I've always wondered why someone would choose Meteor's hosting rather than host Meteor on Heroku (for example) and use a ton of other available plugins.