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Are they compute nodes? Are they webservers(5)? Webservers and appservers(10)? Web, app, database(12)? Web, app, database, back-end processing(15)? How much redundancy is built in(30)? Staging environments(60)? Development environments(120)? Standard IT infrastructure like DNS and email(125)?
"We run over 500 servers" sounds a lot like "we have 500 servers in our datacenters" not "it takes 500 servers to handle 200MM page views."
Just as perplexing, why do they need ~68 employees ( http://about.digg.com/team ). My counting may be off by 1-2, but last I checked Reddit is coming up on them traffic-wise ( http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/ ), and only has 7 employees? And I'm pretty sure Reddit doesn't have 500 servers either, although I could be wrong. Both sites offer very similar functionality. While past its peak, Slashdot…
Digg has had $40m in funding [http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digg] and so unless it sells for $200m+ the investors will most likely see it as failure. Kevin Rose seems to be advising people to take less money [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/weblife/kevin-rose-10-tips-for-ent...] or no money, presumably because Digg was over-funded, at least for it's current position.
Why does it take 20 feet of land to grow a gallon of orange juice and 200 feet of land to grow a gallon of apple juice?
Just as perplexing, why do they need ~68 employees ( http://about.digg.com/team ). My counting may be off by 1-2, but last I checked Reddit is coming up on them traffic-wise ( http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/ ), and only has 7 employees? And I'm pretty sure Reddit doesn't have 500 servers either, although I could be wrong. Both sites offer very similar functionality. While past its peak, Slashdot…
My guess is that Reddit won't be able to innovate much with that level of staffing, they are basically just keeping it running - but maybe that's ok, since they have already been bought. Slashdot has been the same for a long time too, but they are also not looking for a big exit. Digg has had $40m in funding [ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digg ] and so unless it sells for $200m+ the investors will most likely se…
Just as perplexing, why do they need ~68 employees ( http://about.digg.com/team ). My counting may be off by 1-2, but last I checked Reddit is coming up on them traffic-wise ( http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/ ), and only has 7 employees? And I'm pretty sure Reddit doesn't have 500 servers either, although I could be wrong. Both sites offer very similar functionality. While past its peak, Slashdot…
My guess is that Reddit won't be able to innovate much with that level of staffing, they are basically just keeping it running - but maybe that's ok, since they have already been bought. Slashdot has been the same for a long time too, but they are also not looking for a big exit. Digg has had $40m in funding [ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digg ] and so unless it sells for $200m+ the investors will most likely se…
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My guess is that Reddit won't be able to innovate much with that level of staffing, they are basically just keeping it running - but maybe that's ok, since they have already been bought. Slashdot has been the same for a long time too, but they are also not looking for a big exit. Digg has had $40m in funding [ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digg ] and so unless it sells for $200m+ the investors will most likely se…
Where is Kevin advising people to take less money? If you mean the $80 million comment, that was almost certainly before the Series C, so digg had less than half the funding.
Why does it take 20 feet of land to grow a gallon of orange juice and 200 feet of land to grow a gallon of apple juice?