What do the people behind GOG.com think of all this today?

Did the original small team think this idea they had would really take off like it did? Or were they skeptical themselves?

Selling old, sometimes clunky games, that are loved by so many people and breathing new life into them. Giving games that didn't get a chance before, a new chance to shine now. Ditching the DRM nonsense and convincing publishers big and small to give it a shot. Treating customers like customers...

And it worked! Soon more publishers came, soon more games came. The site has seen two major overhauls. They offer new and indie titles as well now. They created a community that has helped them get games and extras here.

I mean, I've meet some pretty cool people through this site. Seen some pretty funny threads, a crazy amount of contests and free games. The amazing Marcin meme. Those cool developer Q&A's are always great to read. Can never forget the site shut down and the monk video that followed it. The best IRC channel ever. (#gog, go there so I can make fun of you.) Oh, Remember when GOG gave away a fucking shield and sword?!

IDK, I was just sitting here and was thinking how I even found this site because I don't 100% remember. Just that it was early 09 I think and I thought to myself "That's a cool idea, but it probably won't survive..." so I held off signing up, came back and it was still here to my (happy) surprise. I'm pretty glad I was wrong.

No reason to post this but I'll share my thoughts anyways :D

Yeah, me too. I remember reading a couple articles about GOG's closed beta on Ars technica and thinking it was real neat idea but it couldn't possibly work. "Who would buy old PC games? A couple hundred people maybe? No way."

It turns out the internets is cooler than I thought it was.

When I found out about GOG, I easily related to the site.
I am a sort of old game hunter. Several good games I want to play that were released before my gaming beginings and some that I missed out. I try to find original version of games in inet shops thar are still brand new and unused. Mostly I succed. In last 5 years I mainly specialise in hunting console games. I did not have a console 5 years ago, now I have them all, and their libraries need to be filled.
So GOG is a sanctuary, a haven for good games of the past. The lack of nice boxed versions is compensated by a truckload of extra stuff, that you have to pay for in these greedy days. Here, you get them for free.
I still prefer boxed version of old games, that were released in cardboard boxes, but I deffinitely plan to expand my GOG library. If I win a lottery, I'll buy everything on GOG and giveaway everything I don't intend to play.
Viva la GOG!