The thing that I love about Assembly is that they're not afraid to take risks. There is a lot of unknowns about how this style of company might work and therefore a shitload of risk.<p>The potential upside is huge if this works but either way its interesting to watch.
`Assembly` used to be the name of a famous demo party.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_%28demo_party%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_%28demo_party%29</a><p>So I was a bit confused first.
How are maintenance and support revenue streams factored into this business model? I understand that revenue generated by the project/product is split among the partners, but I'm not sure how a (potentially) part-time core team is capable of building out and sustaining a basic 9-5 support team on an on-going basis.<p>Is this something that would require a potentially large amount of App Coins to be set aside at the beginning of a project (similar to how employee equity pools of 5-20% might be 'reserved' up front for retention)?<p>Perhaps for a wildly successful product full-time core team members would step up to the plate, presumably to be compensated with more App Coins from what is left of the dwindling 9.5M initial pool.<p>I read the FAQ and can't help but think I simply misread or didn't pick up on this aspect of Assembly.
Is Assembly geared mostly toward software projects? Or stated another way, are there any physical product projects on (in?, under?) Assembly? The very first photo on the article shows an exploded view of hardware, but a quick perusal of the site seems to indicate that all the projects are software projects. Or maybe I'm missing something? Is there a separate category for hardware vs. software? Has any Assembly project raised funds from a Kickstarter (or alike) yet? Or is there a built in way to crowdfund in Assembly?
am I the only one who is confused by the way ownership works here? The article itself is more of a dreamy PR piece. However, looking at the website and the FAQ itself - I cannot really figure out how "app coins" work. Who creates them? I understand that they are distributed by bounties, but how many app coins exist? Who creates / mints them? How does the originator of the idea get his share? Would be great to understand this!
My question is how do hosting and credentials work for sites built through Assembly? Who makes the $$$ outlay for a site? Does the project creator have to front and control things personally to begin with? Or is there some sort of arrangement where a particular company hosts in exchange an ownership stake and special status project members have rights to push changes through to 'live'?