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As Facebook Turns 10, Zuckerberg Wants to Change How Tech Industry Works

12 points by ibsathish 13y ago

benched 13y ago
Maybe I'm jaded by perennial Internet jargon, but I couldn't find any content in this article. Sample of many words written with nothing said: "People are starting new businesses made for the way customers want to consume technology – more flexible, with more choice and control". Mm. Enlightening.
- kristopolous 13y ago
  well, that's story deadlines for you.
DannyBee 13y ago
"To start, he believes he’s eliminated the technical advantages enjoyed by Amazon, Google and Yahoo. " I hope this is just reporter hyperbole, and not a real quote, because if not, that's pretty arrogant, and from a quick glance, pretty wrong .... (I can certainly understand if he hopes to achieve that, but to think he already has is, well, hubris)
TheBiv 13y ago
In the video that accompanies this article, Mark talks about how one of his goals is to bring down the cost of subscribing to data access on just your phone. I know this is elementary, but I just realized that each year I spend $1,200 on the ability to access data on my phone. That is a pretty hefty expense.
- boyter 13y ago
  Just out of curiosity which country are you in and how much data are you getting? I ask because I am in Australia (where its well known that the cost of data is insane) and I am getting 1.5 gig a month for $15.
  - TheBiv 13y ago
    Holy cow!! I live in the US (specially Dallas, Texas) and my carrier is AT&T and I have the "unlimited" plan (which is actually not possible to get now a days bc they have data caps, they just throttle me if I use too much data, hints the quote around unlimited)
  - alsocasey 13y ago
    1.5 gigs costs me 75$ (50$ per gig pay before, off contract, with one of the Canadian telcos).
- xerophtye 13y ago
  In Pakistan some carriers don't charge you for the traffic to and from facebook. So if that's all you plan to do with you cellphone internet, cost reduced to zero! Mission accomplished!
- yen223 13y ago
  I spend RM600, which is about $200, annually on my 3G line. Living in a developing country does have its perks sometimes.
xiaoma 13y ago
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Adrock 13y ago
"Open Compute is an initiative that Facebook started three years ago to help big computing centers add the kind of cost cuts and efficiency gains that open-source software — where programmers share ideas and code across company, university and even national boundaries — to single computer servers and Web management. If that sounds technical, you’re right." I've read that first sentence 10 times and I'm still not sure how it parses as English.

12 points by ibsathish 13y ago

Maybe I'm jaded by perennial Internet jargon, but I couldn't find any content in this article. Sample of many words written with nothing said: "People are starting new businesses made for the way customers want to consume technology – more flexible, with more choice and control". Mm. Enlightening.

kristopolous 13y ago
well, that's story deadlines for you.

DannyBee 13y ago

"To start, he believes he’s eliminated the technical advantages enjoyed by Amazon, Google and Yahoo. " I hope this is just reporter hyperbole, and not a real quote, because if not, that's pretty arrogant, and from a quick glance, pretty wrong .... (I can certainly understand if he hopes to achieve that, but to think he already has is, well, hubris)

TheBiv 13y ago

In the video that accompanies this article, Mark talks about how one of his goals is to bring down the cost of subscribing to data access on just your phone. I know this is elementary, but I just realized that each year I spend $1,200 on the ability to access data on my phone. That is a pretty hefty expense.

boyter 13y ago
Just out of curiosity which country are you in and how much data are you getting? I ask because I am in Australia (where its well known that the cost of data is insane) and I am getting 1.5 gig a month for $15.
- TheBiv 13y ago
  Holy cow!! I live in the US (specially Dallas, Texas) and my carrier is AT&T and I have the "unlimited" plan (which is actually not possible to get now a days bc they have data caps, they just throttle me if I use too much data, hints the quote around unlimited)
- alsocasey 13y ago
  1.5 gigs costs me 75$ (50$ per gig pay before, off contract, with one of the Canadian telcos).
xerophtye 13y ago
In Pakistan some carriers don't charge you for the traffic to and from facebook. So if that's all you plan to do with you cellphone internet, cost reduced to zero! Mission accomplished!
yen223 13y ago
I spend RM600, which is about $200, annually on my 3G line. Living in a developing country does have its perks sometimes.

xiaoma 13y ago

"Thank you for visiting NYTimes.com We hope you’ve enjoyed your 10 free articles this month. You can come back next month for another 10 free articles, or choose unlimited access with a Digital Subscription and continue to enjoy the world’s best journalism, anytime, anywhere and on any device. Subscribing is quick and easy."

Adrock 13y ago

"Open Compute is an initiative that Facebook started three years ago to help big computing centers add the kind of cost cuts and efficiency gains that open-source software — where programmers share ideas and code across company, university and even national boundaries — to single computer servers and Web management. If that sounds technical, you’re right." I've read that first sentence 10 times and I'm still not sure how it parses as English.