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Hackers generally go for the first choice, which doesn’t guarantee failure. In fact, a good hacker can still deliver code quickly enough that the business will be happy. Often, he gets it right on the 2nd or 3rd try.

“specifically, I suspect that: bootstrapped businesses have a higher rate of success in terms of long term viability/profitability” …

“How much better did Google have to be than Alta Vista to replace it in the minds and mice of most users? I argue five percent better is good enough. “

Choice quotes: “We make us great.”, “Stowe has a phrase. It’s one of my favourites: “I am made greater by the sum of my connections, so are my connections.”"

Having developed web services that have had to interop in various stacks and ensuring compliance with WS-I, WS-i18n; I would say it hasn’t failed, just hasn’t delivered.

Interesting case study with a bug tracking system.

I care! I dislike flash though, wondering if there’s a javascript ‘canvas’ approach. Given javascript runs on the jvm could you may be able to do ui’s via canvas. Might be able to come up with a neat framework that runs in browser and as a java ui.

Open-jACOB is a free framework for building a new generation of richer, more interactive, database driven, highly personalized cross-browser web applications.

The M$ Access replacement for sophisticated Web Applications

“In a presentation pitch, ideally, you’ll want to show that there’s an exploding market. You’ll also want to show that all current solutions “suck.” You then want to show that you have the best solution AND team.”

“Few things are better than spending time in a creative haze, consumed by ideas, watching your work come to life, going to bed eager to wake up quickly and go try things out.” right on!