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i was purposefully trying to be controversial and we were playing a word association game on stage. so take this whole thing with a big grain of salt. i think
by fredwilson 16y ago
i was purposefully trying to be controversial and we were playing a word association game on stage. so take this whole thing with a big grain of salt.
i think they are being a gatekeeper and i don't like gatekeepers very much. they aren't good for entrepreneurs and hackers
- jsz0 16y agoI think the wild-west model is usually not very good for users to the same way the gatekeeper model is usually not good for hackers. Maybe we need more janitors instead.
- sorbus 16y agoWouldn't every conventional operating system be using the wild-west model? Windows, OSX, even Linux[1][2]: if you need a program, you go out onto the internet and look for it. [1] At least, it can be used that way. It fits the Janitor model much better when using repositories to install programs, or at least what I imagine the Janitor model to be (weakly curated system with misbehaving applications removed). [2] I'm also ignoring all of the less common/lower profile operating systems, because the only one I can name is BSD and I've never used it.
- AmericanOP 16y agoI saw the interview, Fred was having fun on stage being witty when the snark started to creep in. Perfect recipe for a soundbyte unfortunately. This is what happens when conversation stales around the usual suspects (apple, google, twitter, etc.) Too bad too, I could tell Sam from Loopt was unimpressed with the event as he wanted to talk about users but after the one-liners things stayed very superficial. Don't think less of Fred though, VC's don't become celebs for their one-liners.