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My work is my life and hence my 501c3. Either I'm fulfilled that I'm able to "do what I want" or I'm just a stick in the mud. I also don't plan to retire. We can substitute work/em…

My S Corp. is not for sale. Neither is my 501c3 which will dissolve with my passing. Can you explain to me how "any" company is for sale for the right offer? The diamond ring is a …

A private company probably. If a public company were to do that, then I think the shareholders might not agree with your opinion. But who knows, along comes Microsoft who can write…

Sure, it wasn't meant to be snarky. I think a lot of folks simply have vastly different measurements for success. Some think it is binary meaning either total success or total fail…

What's the difference between $9.99 and $99.99(or feel free to shift the decimal depending upon whatever economic demesne you fall under)? Several of the leading karma members here…

Can you point to me where I said that? My posts have been to the effect of "hey little companies, if you're open to being waved to by big companies then let me know before I buy in…

Is the size of a diamond on a wedding ring a similar comparison?

Who was demanding a ceiling on the compensation? By expanding into a Windows userbase(size and subset of customers willing to pay presumed to be larger than the Apple userbase), th…

Maybe it is to the point now where it is disingenuous for a company NOT to have a banner on every page stating if they are open to investments or acquihire? At least users would kn…

This might just be the quote of the decade! Yes, I know I'll get downvoted. Not to bring my sour notes from the discussion on the just announced Sparrow team acquisition but the Ac…

Unless the product or service meets the qualifications I mentioned then you can presume I'm not going to recommend it. Some companies that have been acquired have "done right" and …

So I should read this as all of the small business owners in the world should either just give up or strive to be acquired by ACME corp? I think we have a very different understand…

Well said. We're seeing a lot of "ship and dump" from startups these days. I'm to the point now where I don't recommend a startup to friends and family or use for business purposes…

If I read the grandparent correctly(and I do agree), the best destination is not Apple, Google or anyone for that matter but rather to stay in the game as an independent. Where are…

Regarding the use of LXC, I presume since it is a container you're still on the same version/release as the host which in this case is Ubuntu 12.04? So this is the new open-source …

Trekkin posted yesterday in the discussion regarding Microsoft's SkyDrive ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4265621 ) and not being familiar with the project I asked him to pos…

Charlotte really suffered with the financial mess as BOFA and Wachovia were the heart of the city. Winston Salem and Greensboro don't have a lot to offer. Asheville is one my favor…

Or you could just head down to the Steele Creek area or further south to the hotbed of Fort Mill. On a serious note, you haven't explored the Triangle?

I see Moxie is one of the authors on the draft. Is this an outgrowth/pivot of Convergence?

Induction does look good. A bit uglier but if you need to support quite a few databases maybe Razor is another good alternative. I've used it for years. It is not open source thoug…

How long before Yammer moves off of Java and on to DotNet?

How long will they keep on a Java stack before converting over to Dot Net?

Already discussed in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4245179

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