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This article states that YC is now valued at $13.7 billion. Actually, the cited source credits pg recently saying that is the current valuation of all of the YC startups, not of YC itself. [edited for clarity]
Yipes, nothing like that. That's the total value of all the companies we've funded. We assume we end up with 3% on average after dilution.
Did pg really invent backend web development?
> "Then, with enough money saved, [pg] would quit the job and devote his time to his real love—art and painting—until the money ran out, and then he would scramble for another job." PG, is that what you do between YC batches? When will we get to see some of your paintings? :)
No, what I do between batches is work on YC. In the very beginning we considered time between batches as time off, but YC is so big now that there's always something that needs to be done.
This article states that YC is now valued at $13.7 billion. Actually, the cited source credits pg recently saying that is the current valuation of all of the YC startups, not of YC itself. [edited for clarity]
Yipes, nothing like that. That's the total value of all the companies we've funded. We assume we end up with 3% on average after dilution.
A very interesting question: once it's all said and done (let's say in 30 years), do you think YC will have a greater valuation than any single YC startup?
Really?
Clearly the whole point was to get away from developing desktop applications, and realizing the single-source, rapid development nature of web apps.
Please don't tell me that developing client apps on Windows was so much worse then doing it on Linux. Its bullshit. Overfocusing on this aspect of the story feels like platform fanboyism, misses the real point, and just overall kind of cheapens PG's stellar image.
I am disappointed by this article. It made such a big deal about PG hating to work with Windows, and reduced the innovation of web applications to a way to not work in Windows. Really? Clearly the whole point was to get away from developing desktop applications, and realizing the single-source, rapid development nature of web apps. Please don't tell me that developing client apps on Windows was so much worse then doi…
Uh, what Linux? No, pg worked on Lisp Machines before, and that's why Windows were hurting him so much.
I am disappointed by this article. It made such a big deal about PG hating to work with Windows, and reduced the innovation of web applications to a way to not work in Windows. Really? Clearly the whole point was to get away from developing desktop applications, and realizing the single-source, rapid development nature of web apps. Please don't tell me that developing client apps on Windows was so much worse then doi…
- Many Windows-only concepts (registry) hold key configuration data.
- Lack of a proper command line environment (somewhat covered by Cygwin, but not ideal). PowerShell is interesting, but, again, is very alien to non-Windows tools.
- No select-middle-click copy/paste (it's an incredible time-saver).
- Limited number of available languages and tools and the difficulty of integrating them (you have to add every install directory to PATH - unless you are running Cygwin).
- Case-insensitive filesystem (and some subtle bugs that it allows).
- It's almost impossible to open a tempfile and delete it while you still have the file handle.
- No package management (you can't just "yum install" what you need)
- No package management (you have to bundle every dependency with your installer)
It's not bullshit. Unless you are developing for Windows only, developing under Windows is quite painful.
I am disappointed by this article. It made such a big deal about PG hating to work with Windows, and reduced the innovation of web applications to a way to not work in Windows. Really? Clearly the whole point was to get away from developing desktop applications, and realizing the single-source, rapid development nature of web apps. Please don't tell me that developing client apps on Windows was so much worse then doi…