(Sorry for going off topic here. I’ll start a new thread if I really feel the need to keep discussing these topics after this post.)
I think we are much more similar in our goals and histories than this thread might lead you to conclude. I would hesitate to paint all SaaS and startups existing purely to enrich themselves. I have spent considerable energy trying to find exceptions to this overall direction. Here are some interesting ones:
- https://www.azavea.com/
- https://www.navapbc.com/
- https://nilenso.com/
- https://www.sassafras.coop/
- mapzen (defunct) - Mapzen Post Mortem. A Letter Just to You, with Flowers | by Randy Meech | Medium
The point was while I’m personally not enthusiastic about Windows as a platform I still have interest, case arising, on being able to deploy OCaml binaries to it.
I can agree with this.