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Even more info here http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/whats-upthere/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/whats-upthere/
by cargo8 11y ago
Even more info here http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/whats-upthere/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/whats-upthere/
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoThey're doomed. From that link: The ground-up approach includes the entire stack. Hardware to software. The company has designed its own servers down to the bend of the metal and the motherboards used. Why, oh why, did these guys think they needed to design their own motherboards? I couldn't think of a more commodity product. You want to do that eventually, then sure, do it. But not as a startup. Focus first on what will differentiate you from everyone else. Hint: IT'S NOT THE FUCKING MOTHERBOARDS!!! The founder spent 22 years working for St. Steven, and yet he didn't learn one of the most important lessons: “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.”
- Natanael_L 11y agoWhat if they wanted substantially higher IO on their hardware, for example? I'm not saying it is a good idea, I'm saying there's a possibility it could have been a good idea.
- MichaelBurge 11y agoIt says they designed the servers rather than the motherboards, so I'm guessing it just means they shopped around for different off-the-shelf motherboards rather than, say, hiring hardware engineers to lay out gates and chips.
- stuntprogrammer 11y agoCorrect