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engineers. marc andreessen did a talk a few months ago at Stanford (get it at ecorner.stanford.edu) where he talks about how the mobile app market looks a lot
by inmygarage 16y ago
engineers.
marc andreessen did a talk a few months ago at Stanford (get it at ecorner.stanford.edu) where he talks about how the mobile app market looks a lot like the early days of boxed software - a million half-decent attempts but nothing really amazing.
and then came microsoft.
the world of mobile apps seems at present to be an arms race and most of that $20m is likely going to be spent on the guns and bombs of the tech world: great engineers.
- moultano 16y agoThe last time this company was acquired, it was called Dodgeball. Google bought the talent, canned the project, and then the founders quit and reimplemented it under a different name (Foursquare.) I'd be wary of buying the company for the engineers after an outcome like that.
- po 16y agoMaybe you wouldn't worry if you were buying the product to develop it and were not planning on throwing it in the closet to wither. I think Dennis was under the impression that they would continue developing the project, not just paying for his talent. The foursquare guys really do believe in the idea. If I had what I thought to be a great idea, and someone canned it and told me to do some other work, I would quit and start over too.