> Anybody that says this is either joking or has no clue how the real world works.

So the "real world" is that Linux failed on the desktop and it is not worth trying, meaning that raising $10M to do this a joke?

Would you say the same thing if another distro raised that amount of money? Or is it because DHH is the one doing it.

This sort of thinking is why Linux on the Desktop worked for Windows, instead of it becoming mainstream with its own distro.