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"So if I am going to spend my time developing something, I want it to never go away. Facebook will go away. The iPhone will go away. These are fads." How many
by webwright 17y ago
"So if I am going to spend my time developing something, I want it to never go away. Facebook will go away. The iPhone will go away. These are fads."
How many people do you think said the same thing about the web in the early days? Lots of people passed on the opportunity to invest. Plenty of people said "$25 for a domain name? What a ridiculous way to spend money".
Both Facebook and the iPhone are platforms and people are betting that they will be huge. Some platforms won't get huge and most will wither (Amiga, anyone?), but the people who bet on the right platform EARLY win big. They win big, they can benefit humanity in a big way, and their shit does not go away.