Make More Mistakes

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Posted by michael on Saturday December 27, 2003 @06:00AM 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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Certainly anti-american by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-27 06:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If Iran really belongs to the axis of evil, wouldn't it be the right time to infiltrate that country now?

Instead america offers them money and help that they'll certainly spend on more WMD's.

You may mod this down. But at least one person will read this and think about it.
Re:Trollkore is dying!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-27 06:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

So tell me. How do you really feel about that?
Re:Fail Fast by herrvinny · 2003-12-27 06:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Except that /. only got started in 1997...
Re:Mad Cow disease imported from Canada by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-27 06:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

With all the hormones pumped into US cattle, I was really surprised they got Mad Cow Disease, if them hormones don't prevent it, then what are they for???
Re:FUck GNAA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-27 06:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I agree with this post. GNAA has done for trolling what George W Bush has done for the USA.
Fuck Gnaa by Anti-GNAA · 2003-12-27 06:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Gnaa = Fucking Morons
Re:My first mistake.... by 1u3hr · 2003-12-27 23:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This is not a joke. Opera gets bounced. Does anyone have a mirror?