Comment by RHSeeger

> he proved out a viable business with just a few hundred dollars of investment

That statement is a bit of a stretch though, because

> charging a fraction of their monthly cost

I have to assume at least part of his success was the price point; and that price point was possible because he wasn't paying any software developers to do things right. So "having lots of vulnerabilities" was a core component of his business model. Once that part is removed, the model is no longer proven.