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jsrfdedon UK tech start-ups 'suck', Silicon investor says

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jsrfdedon Google is learning too well from the master

Cringley's point is that this could lead to industrywide wariness and hatred of Google, unfortunately. MSFT was known for dirty tricks, and galvanized much of the industry against them. Maybe they're paying for this now to some extent.

If you'd think twice before going to a GOOG meeting to pitch your startup and, if they're interested, start "opening the kimono" during due diligence... Well maybe they wouldn't be first on your list of companies to sell to.

jsrfdedon What do 16,000 people do at Google?

...in engineering. They don't apply the same standards in other groups.

jsrfdedon Pmarca: OK, you're right, it IS a bubble

Bite your tongue. Folks with far less to show are regularly promoted to sainthood here.

Marc climbed up from grad student to monster IPO, rode out huge corporate stuff at Netscape/AOL, left and started another company, raised huge money, built a huge business during the dot-com winter, and piloted the ship home through a dizzy chain of IPO/merger/acquisition. He is now blogging the best stuff about entrepreneuring you can read anywhere on the net right now.

You should listen to this guy...

jsrfdedon What nine of the world's largest websites are running on

Really?

jsrfdedon Thoughts on editors (Emacs in particular)

It's a bit shallow to sum a 5000 word essay which spans the history of the FSF, the rise of linux, and the cultural friction between the two, viewed (oddly, but intruigingly) through the lens of one's editor with 'you said editor, let's not talk about editors' .. well it's sort of missing the point of the essay, IMO.

jsrfdedon Craig Newmark quits Craigslist?

"any shareholder" == Craig, you mean, since he owns the other 75%.