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Make More Mistakes

Posted by michael on from the easy-enough dept.

prostoalex writes "Eric Sink from SourceGear, well-known in the open-source world for AbiWord Suite, shares his thoughts on starting and running a software business. One of the keys to a successful business, as Thomas J. Watson once said, was to double the rate of failures. Eric Sink tells the story of what mistakes he personally made, what could be avoided, and what's important for geeks to know when starting a software company."

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  1. Re:Quick Mind-Translation (Microsoftish, though) by ketamine-bp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Below listed are some of the features hidden by the writer, perhaps guided by principles of neurolinguistic programming or freudian psychology... err.

    Be careful about using bleeding-edge technologies.

    i.e. use established (i.e. Microsoft) technologies.

    A market with no competition ain't.

    i.e. stay away from free software. (as microsoft always propose that free software is anti-competitive)

    Small ISVs should build apps, not platforms.

    i.e. build with existing platforms (i.e. microsoftish)