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Having read the engineering posts about their core systems I think you're being wildly optimistic in the same way as people who think "writing a general CMS can
by mst 11y ago
Having read the engineering posts about their core systems I think you're being wildly optimistic in the same way as people who think "writing a general CMS can't be that hard, I'll just write my own" are.
- jdavis703 11y agoYou could build 17.2 WhatsApps for $1 billion, assuming that it took nothing more and nothing less than the $58 million in funding they raised: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/whatsapp#/entity https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/whatsapp#/entity.
- cheez 11y agoYup, that's why I said a couple. You could afford 17, but only 2 of those would be suitable.
- charlesdm 11y agoThe $19 billion paid wasn't for their amazingly well engineered system, it was for their massive user base.