Steve Klabnik considers “Is npm worth 26MM?”:
If you want to repeatably manufacture an open source ecosystem, you need capital to do so. And a firm that’s progressive enough to understand the indirect payoffs of investing in infrastructure is poised to have a huge advantage.
npm’s CEO:
.@steveklabnik @pmarca This is one of the most insightful articles about VC or OSS ever.
(Also: Check out the others in True's portfolio.)— I, Zombie Scaryname (@izs) February 13, 2014