MalcUK

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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   Tragically ironic.
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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   Yep. Though, I think there are excellent start-ups out there, who are innovating for the long term - but those aren't the start-ups that attract the easy money, publicity and hype. At least not at the moment.
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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   Indeed. He's going on about how modern silicon valley, and to be honest much of the rest of the world, is geared around the short term. How start-ups are now light and fluffy, with a focus on making the world worse - by getting their users
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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   From an non-financial perspective, presumably they are useful for testing the service? Adding experimental features, seeing how they react, not having to worry about up time on their servers. Understanding how the service scales, in case yo
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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   Sony Ericsson isn't that heavily into Symbian anyway. Most of their phones use a Java platform run on top of an OS - Symbian being one of the OSs, but they also use proprietary OSs for the cheaper phones. It was Java that was their focus.
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   by MalcUK 16y ago

   Similar situation in European countries, where human rights laws override employment contracts.