3kMarlin

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by 3kMarlin 15y ago
While LGPL and MPL are similar, there are differences and they should not be lumped together. The biggest difference is that MPL allows static linking while LGPL does not. While in the past this wasn't a big deal, it is important for iOS de
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by 3kMarlin 15y ago
Someone should do a write up about the history of OpenFeint. It's pretty much a SV Cinderella story now. 2008: Started out as a game developer making the game Aurora Feint 2009: Pivoted to a social game network with Open Feint 2010: Written
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by 3kMarlin 15y ago
There were 30 people there in September 2010.
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
Robert Bigelow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bigelow His space station company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
Everything goes through Stripe. There is no way that any merchant account provider would allow you to sign up and start charging customers in 5 minutes like Stripe lets you.
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
It's only US right now. Moving to other countries will take time as each country has their own banking/financial/etc issues that need to be dealt with. It took years for PayPal's Web Payments Pro to go from US only to US, UK. And then a few
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
Well I doubt it'll be any lower than the industry standard of 2.9% + $0.30 for < $3k/month. If it is, that would be pretty disruptive. What will be more interesting is if they can match both Amazon and PayPal's microtransaction rate of
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
The lowdown on Stripe: JSON-based HTTP API PHP, Ruby, Python and JavaScript Support Setup in 5 minutes. No branding requirements or redirects. 5% + $0.30 per transaction. US Based Sellers Only. Recurring Billing Support. Data Portability if
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by 3kMarlin 16y ago
On the surface they are more expensive than PayPal (2.9% + $0.30) Fees. The fees for Stripe are 5% + $0.30. However when you take a deeper look you see that things are not so simple. Compared to PayPal's free product, you are not forced to