I agree. I'm surprised YC didn't suggest building some consumer facing app that makes use of your comet stuff. There are many application areas that could benef

I agree. I'm surprised YC didn't suggest building some consumer facing app that makes use of your comet stuff. There are many application areas that could benefit from real-time capabilities. Also, Paul has talked about how turning a luxury into a commodity is usually a good recipe for success. Most real-time applications are very expensive and use lame desktop client/server architectures. Imagine something web-based and free that does the same thing.