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Running a marathon is impressive, yes. But if I'm in the business of delivering food (to stretch an already thin analogy ;), there's no point in training for a
by groby_b 15y ago
Running a marathon is impressive, yes. But if I'm in the business of delivering food (to stretch an already thin analogy ;), there's no point in training for a marathon. The constraints of my business make driving around in a car a better choice.
And unless I'm a professional chef, I'd rather not spend time on cooking dinners when I could do something to improve my business.
The point of building something (in a commercial environment) is not to impress, but to ship something.
- rbranson 15y agoNo delivery business would post a blog with a picture of their new Ford Taurus delivery car as if it was something impressive. That's the difference.
- wmf 15y agoIf everyone else was saying that you should use an army of autonomous quadcopters to deliver stuff, then it wold be worth pointing out that a simpler solution is available. 37S is challenging the cloud and scale-out cargo cults.