We are thinking of using an opensource core to expedite a SAAS offering we are building.<p>Why? We think this will save us about 10 man-years of work.<p>We plan to use an opensource app and heavily modify it. In the end we estimate that final product will have around 30% of opensource code.<p>- throw away the entire front end, i.e, build brand new user interface<p>- build new APIs<p>- Modify the core functionality quite a bit.<p>The platform we are considering is MPL 1.0<p>We do not plan to offer the Source Code - it will be entirely cloud based.<p>Questions:
1. Has anyone built such a product?
2. Can i still get funded by VCs (we have angel investors now)<p>Thanks
Facebook, Google all of them are built on top of open source... So no need to worry about it.<p>How are you planning to contribute back to the project you are using??