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Two Startups Battle Over Who Invented Risk-Like War Game First
- wumi 19y agoso did Mike find out about this via HN?
- rms 19y agoI'm sure...
- fleaflicker 19y agoThis is where being a YC company is invaluable: 1. PG said he would contact the NYT journalist personally; he probably did the same with TechCrunch. 2. Even without Mr. Graham making calls on their behalf, how seriously would Kirkland's claims be taken without the YC pedigree?
- aston 19y agopg says NYT was "pwned." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=142524 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=142524
- slim 19y agothis is bad news for my http://markkit.net http://markkit.net if http://awesomehighlighter.com http://awesomehighlighter.com could make it to YC. :-) this makes me wonder about this post : http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the_free_and_the_good.php.html http://markkit.net/archive/stevenf.com_2008_03_the_first_the... since i can't be "the first" (not beeing funded by YC), and since we are both "free". my only chance is to be "the good". I think I'm taking the challenge.
- tim2 19y agoHey wait, but ideas are worth nothing! :)
- iamwil 19y agoI hope they're not spending their time bickering, and just more time making things work better.
- fleaflicker 19y agoHaving the best product does not guarantee success. Not even close. As you can see here, nothing beats out some well-placed PR (at least in the short-term).
- aston 19y agoAnd releasing early.
- mynameishere 19y agoCasablanca Software Inc. http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-edition-of-risk-the-world-conquest-game http://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-edition-of-ris...
- samwise 19y agoSomeone should take this game global using google maps API.
- monkkbfr 19y agoUgg... stupid Valley Wag like Gossip story.