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If you want to know anything more about this system, we are having a get together at PyCon tonight at 10pm in Room F (thanks warner!) and then presenting at the RSA Conference at t…

RSSCloud is similar to this - http://rsscloud.org/walkthrough.html

Python, Linux (Ubuntu), darcs (source code control), apache, mysql, php, subscriptions to MSDN and Apple Dev. (allmydata.org)

I mis-read this as "French" CS graduate wages down 20 percent :)

We have an open source project http://allmydata.org that has been doing this for quite awhile. I'm also involved in the commercial side which does online storage and we've been run…

We run a small specialized storage company and the things that seem to matter most are: storage capacity, availability, reliability, transfer rates for both current data usage and …

We decided to write our new architecture from scratch as an open source project to support our commercial business offering (online storage and backup). There are several factors t…

I do this already in the Bay Area in California. There are several carpool pickup points in the East Bay (Oakland/Berkeley) that drop off in downtown San Francisco. I either pick u…

We are using ADP TotalSource for payroll and PEO functions. Though it is nice to have everything in more or less one place, the response time and customer service is extra-medium. …

I would first determine if your source code really warrants the effort needed to keep it secure from prying eyes. We've evaluated several factors including the source code, the ser…

Tahoe is aimed at the issues that arise after you buy your 1TB drive which provides local storage quite well. We try to provide data reliability and availability that can survive c…

Yes, Brian presented at PyCon a couple weeks ago. Tahoe is the open-source project that we are working on together along with a few other guys. We also are involved in the commerci…

The acquisitions I've seen typically have the following components to the compensation package to negotiate before closing: * Salary (should be market for your new skills and posit…

Startup pros: * great people, unique culture * influence a wide range of issues from tech to office location * great experience for founding a company later Note that I didn't incl…

I should add that we are not focusing on file-sharing. Our commercial model (.com) is based upon managed backup services. When we looked at the possibility of file-sharing as a ser…

We're working on an open-source distributed storage system that can also be used to easily share files. It also has p2p streaming download which is kind of fun to use. http://allmy…

I would second this. We currently run an open-source project (distributed storage) and commercial venture based upon it, but the open-source was the driver done because we thought …

The main thing I gleaned from undergraduate university (applied math) was how to collect and structure data in such a way that useful information can be derived from it. This has h…

We've had success outsourcing some of our non-core activities in our shop (4 p2p hackers working on distributed storage). For example, we've outsourced our website implementation a…

BA UC Berkeley in Mathematics '93, MBA NYU Stern '06, run a small startup and still get to hack

Easiest ways that we found are to buy AdWords (or equivalent) and try out a few campaigns and to buy users from an existing source. Be mindful of the quality of these users because…

Currently all word-of-mouth. For our commercial product we will be doing some standard key-word advertising and an interview round about the company and project. One thing I meant …

I keep copies of all of my files online using a distributed storage grid that we've created. (bias alert: I'm deeply involved in the project I'm about to mention) A few years ago I…

We are doing online backup and storage. We have an open source project ( http://allmydata.org ) that we are building a commercial product ( http://allmydata.com ) on top of. We hav…

Ah, didn't realize you needed to be that close to Silicon Valley. Some other people have mentioned downtown Mountain View around Castro Street (try Dana Street Cafe) which is prett…