I feel like anything that's applicable to hackers/startups belongs here. I think most people were quite excited when the O'Reilly $9.99 sale was posted here a few months back.
I would usually agree with you and hit the "flag" link, but having paid full price for a few of these apps, I think it's such a surprising deal that it's worth talking about.
(Full disclosure, I'm a friend of Noah's.)
Agreed. Tons of scrappy startups on here that could use a deal like this on tools that could help them with company.
If it was some random groupon deal for a new restaurant in SF, thats a different story.
These are all really highly regarded services for startups, it seems like HN would be the perfect place to post about this deal.
I fail to see what is the difference between this offer, and a press release by a large company about a new useful paid service they are offering.
Would you protest the latter being on hacker news?
This is stuff the startup and hacker community could find useful. Exactly like the O'Reilly $9.99 deal mentioned above.