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by flipper 17y ago
Oh dear, we've been rumbled!
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by flipper 17y ago
Putting aside the hyperbole of the article's title and the PR-release tone of its content, one may ask why IBM would feel the need to add to DB2 the ability to run Oracle apps. Well, to steal customers from Oracle, of course. To me that's m
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by flipper 17y ago
I share the article's author's sense of confusion about this deal. If Oracle were keen to buy Sun why did they let IBM almost succeed in buying Sun first?
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by flipper 17y ago
pg wrote about the risks of trying to consult and build a startup at the same time: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html Look at #18. It's what killed my startup.
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by flipper 17y ago
Having sat on both sides of the recruiting table I can tell you that most companies will pay the market rate to get the right person. Trying to save a few dollars to get someone 'cheap' is usually disastrously expensive. On the other hand,
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by flipper 18y ago
"not that he should cultivate his unique potential as a pedestrian" Ha, yes, that made me chuckle too.
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by flipper 18y ago
"As your bank or hedge fund slides toward insolvency, just carry on barking at your secretary, snubbing waitresses, and blanking old friends who nod at you in the elevator. Everyone will assume you are still loaded -- and will hold off pull
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by flipper 18y ago
Gee, the people from Sevenhourstartup.com are going to be pissed when they hear about this. Six? Seven's the number, man! Sorry, been reading reddit too much. Seriously, it sounds cool, and if I was anywhere near Seattle I'd go.
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by flipper 19y ago
Like the article suggests, this award appears to have been invented to give the media something to write about, and to give Sun a plug. A startup is supposed to be about building a successful business, no? Success for a startup could be def
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by flipper 19y ago
My sympathies, but this letter is reminscent of (and probably as effective as) a written complaint to a lion for eating too many gazelles. Steve Ballmer's competitive advantage is not technical; it is the flipping great wodge of cash that h