That does seem to be the business model they are applying here. Will be interesting to see how long they go before they are acquired, just as SpringSource was by VMWare.
Red Hat & VMWare would seem to be the most obvious bidders for Typesafe as they both offer Java-based stacks with enterprise support that Scala & Akka would fit in very well with.
I imagine it will take several years, but thats probably the path. CTOs look for this kind of (enterprise) support ecosystem before investing in new technologies. Given Scala's documented easy transition for Java developers, and the fact that Java is getting really old, I'd wager this is the next big (non-MS) enterprise language. The training/support/tools company is the inflection point.
