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Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back
MattSparkes writes "Cuil may only have launched this week, but it seems that they're already enjoying late-'90s boom-style comforts. 'Lunch is ordered in every single day. Huge fridges burst with snacks and drinks. Bowls of strawberries and muffins lie around the rest area. The company pays for a personal trainer and gym membership for everyone. A doctor calls round each Friday, after the weekly barbeque, to see if everyone's in good health. Employees drift in an out at times that suit themselves.' Seems like an awesome place to work, but how long will their $25 million VC funding last at this rate?"
I think that the bigger proof is that their product sucks ass. Go try and use it. I looked for "aes zip linux" and got 0 results. 0 results? Really? You index *more* than google and you can't find ONE reference to "aes zip linux"? I tried to use that thing, but it doesn't seem to enjoy providing me with any results. To me *that* is proof that they are a bubble company. Where's the beef?
Erm... and google's results are so much better? More timely, perhaps, but ... c'mon ;)
Well, they have been up for just two days. It took Google much more than $25 million in free dinners, heated toilet seats and employee shuttle service to get to their current state.
I don't know if their idea has merit. Personally, I don't like the 3 column result grid. But if you are one of the world's top software engineers and are taking a risk to work in a startup, wouldn't you expect to feel that you are appreciated? Those fruit bowls would be like $1/employee/day considering that not everyone will have one every day after the initial excitement period.
How about when "some jackass" like me CAN afford a house, but his wife and her job leaves him and his teenaged daughters for another man, and he is left raising and supporting those daughters without her income or help, and loses the house that he no longer can afford on his single salary?
Well, maybe your wife left you because you were a jackass...
Also, the recession in america is probably based on the excessive borrowing that your government does to support the war 'habit' it picked up in 'nam...