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Link to the original source next time: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2573297.ece http://business.timesonline

Link to the original source next time: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2573297.ece http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sect... "There can't be any more deep technology in Facebook than what dozens of people could write in a couple of years. That's for sure," he said. If he really thinks Facebook is about the technology, he is completely missing the point.

mynameishere 19y ago
If you go to a VC with a new idea and ask him to invest in it, one of the first things he'll ask is, how hard would this be for someone else to develop? That is, how much difficult ground have you put between yourself and potential pursuers? http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html For facebook the question "how hard?" is meaningless. There are a 1000 replicons already waiting to take its place. The only thing wrong with what Ballmer said is that it isn't "a couple years", but "right this very moment".