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by c2 16y ago
According to Wikipedia, you recall wrong. Gates wrote the interpreter and Allen wrote the emulator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft#History
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by c2 16y ago
I feel like I've worked with people like Paul Allen (programmers). They tend to over value their own contributions and have "revisionist histories" when considering their relationship with their manager, but really it comes down to how much
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by c2 16y ago
I understand, the spin came directly from Velocity.
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by c2 16y ago
It is annoying, only because it is obvious tabloid-level gossip and has nothing to do with the events involved. We should be talking about the Canadian start up scene, Waterloo in particular, not this guy's age. But something tells me somet
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by c2 16y ago
Exactly, Buffett's whole investment philosophy revolves around margin of safety. What's the margin of safety in a fast growing speculative space such as tech? Zero. Not to say that you can't pick winners, but it is wholly different from buy
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by c2 16y ago
Jobs also started NeXT when he was 30 after founding another well known company years before. My point is age shouldn't be a barrier to starting a company you believe in, especially not the imaginary "30" line.
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by c2 16y ago
"Older" hackers take note: Biz Stone, Evan Williams: 30+ founders club. They were both over thirty when twitter started.
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by c2 16y ago
Unfortunately, chances are, you do have it all wrong. The most important thing as an entrepreneur is to not give up, but also to know when to fail. Successful entrepreneur's more often then not have many many more failed ventures then succe
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by c2 16y ago
iTunes is Apple's IE. It's like a virus on the computer. You can't delete it (the instructions are 20 steps long: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1224 ). It's slow, clunky, and annoying. Even after you delete it Apple will pester you to upda
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by c2 16y ago
Considering Y Combinator is already 5 years old and hasn't changed drastically, I think we can expect the same in another 3-5 years. Iteratively improving their process, using their data and experience to make better decisions, and ultimate
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by c2 16y ago
Kind of ridiculous they require the VP of engineering to have a PhD. I haven't heard great things about Google's culture, and if this is the kind of requirements they had to put the technical leadership in place, a lot of what I heard is st
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by c2 16y ago
The problem is finding them - that is the opportunities to serve relatively niche markets. Unless you are talking to and involved in such an ecosystem you will have no idea it exists or how to appropriately address the niche market's burnin
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by c2 16y ago
It seems HN has lost a lot of very valuable contributors lately due to the impact HN has on general productivity. Have you given any thought to measures to stem this tide of dissent? The most productive people would probably tend to have th
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by c2 16y ago
He did. Your comment was a long winded apologetic on why Apple was justified in lying, bending the truth, and promoting half truths. You started by saying "I don't agree" then ended up "Apple needs to state their viewpoints" which is subtly
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by c2 16y ago
I understand, but I really hope you were exaggerating when you said you were "devastated" that another competitor got some press coverage on tech crunch. In terms of the emotional roller coaster that is the start up world, that would not ev
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by c2 16y ago
Alright, that concludes the motivational part of my speel :) For actionable ways to increase your visibility, social media is your best friend. Spread the word on facebook, leverage your friends and family to start talking about your web si
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by c2 16y ago
If having a single competitor who happened to get press coverage before you is enough to deter you from pursuing your idea, you aren't cut out for start ups. Iphone wasn't the first phone, Kindle wasn't the first ebook reader, google wasn't
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by c2 16y ago
This is one of those deals that make absolutely no sense to me. Even less sense in fact then the Time Warner/AOL debacle. Can someone explain any drop of rationale Intel might have for doing this? I am coming up empty.
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Ask HN: Any one else missing old gmail emails?
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by c2 16y ago
One of the things I was really mad about Netflix was the fact they stopped publishing their list of most viewed instant play movies as far as I can tell because customer's were using it too much. Same with the "New Release" DVD page, which
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by c2 16y ago
Independent of a platform which can shut you down just because you are a competitor. It's amazing that people seem surprised that such a path is even an option. I suppose you could argue that Level3, the big DNS servers, or InterNIC, or eve
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by c2 16y ago
I didn't mean it to be a broad generalization. Each platform has it's own problems, this is just the latest in another reminder that each of these can shut your business down with the flick of a switch or if they catch wind of competition t
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by c2 16y ago
2010 was the year to invest in platforms. 2011 is the year to invest elsewhere. So long Facebook, Twitter, Apple - I no longer trust your platforms enough to put any significant resources into development. It's time to end the walled garden
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by c2 16y ago
Your comment is funny but true. People will always find rational reasons to explain away sky high valuations. Even the first time around, Pets.com had a very high market potential if it capitalized successfully on projected internal sales g
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by c2 16y ago
Interesting that a whole sfgate article came out of a single comment on this site.
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by c2 16y ago
Anyone else find their tag line a little amusingly worded? "Bump is the simplest way to use your phone to interact with others in the real world." I can think of at least one use of my phone to interact with others that is pretty dead simpl
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by c2 16y ago
That's replacing one middleman (Amazon) with another (Apple). Also Amazon typically has much better selection then Apple, not to mention all the content you already purchased on the Kindle store and were planning to read with your iPad beco
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by c2 16y ago
I think we are going to start to see Apple pull more and more moves like this. They are basically where Microsoft was at their peak. Apple's share price is sky high, their growth and margins are phenomenal, and at this point to continue to
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by c2 16y ago
The flip side of course is that these apps make the iPhone/iPad more appealing to more people. I can see Apple shooting themselves in the foot with their predatory practices against app publishers. Losing a big chunk of your margin while de
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by c2 16y ago
To be fair, I have no objection to Apple in this case. I was simply surprised at how fully Apple customers have embraced the "protect us from ourselves" mentality.

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