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> Only in a situation where interminable growth is required in a race to the top. The key is that they choke you out... They have more engineers, more R&D and

• kodablah 8y ago
  If they have a better product, so be it. But I'm not convinced that more engineers and more R&D necessarily lead to that, nor am I convinced that smaller, more niche products are always choked out. If that were the case, we'd only have huge companies and a bunch of choked out entrepreneurs. Rather, a bunch of us out here with small companies are doing just fine. Definitely not a give up situation like "we just can't compete". That mentality gives rise to nuclear options with unintended consequences.
  • islandowl 8y ago
    This is very true. I have been a paying customer of Fastmail for many years, and in my opinion, they are the best in the industry and very small to boot. OpenBSD is yet another example of a small(ish) team of people making some truly great software. On the Windows side, Fookes Software comes to mind, again small operation, great software.
• leonroy 8y ago
  As an engineer who used to work for other firms I would work at a significant pay reduction to do fulfilling work. Companies who have shady business practises are a significant turn off and I doubt I’m the only one. Now as a manager who has to hire I find it pretty straightforward finding passionate people to work with me simply because the work is compelling. It’s a matter of getting your story out as the ethical data mining company, or something :) you’ll find like minded clients and employees do exist and that being ethical can be a competitive advantage too.