I agree with a lot, but maybe not his specific case. I have a Windows software product. If someone said they wanted it for the Mac, I’d say no without a second thought. Sure, he THINKS he’s going to fund it with his sales, but that is actually very unlikely. I’ll have to hire engineers and QA that know the Mac ecosystem. That new code base will then have to be maintained, supported and updated for many years. He doesn’t sound like he was going to be making a long term guarantee of $200K per year in sales. All the risk and initial expense is on me (or the company in question) and he might follow through and be a customer for a few years when the software is ready. So although the CEO just deleting the message without responding was rude in my opinion, not jumping at someone’s idea doesn’t mean the company is short sighted or doesn’t care.