This an age old problem - somebody with excellent technical skills and a lot of enthusiasm falling down on commercial issues.
It would be nice to see more training available for technical workers who want to set up their own business - not to go sky high, get squillions of venture capital and rule the world - I think we all know by now that is a pretty rare occurence, but at least make a decent "cottage industry" out of their skills so they can make a reasonable living doing something they really enjoy.
I see loads of open source projects that could make the basis for a good consulting / services business, and often wonder how their owners are doing with them.
./ should develop a system for caching/mirroring linked web pages hosted on sites like angelfire. That way the poor linkee's ste wouldn't get squished!
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This an age old problem - somebody with excellent technical skills and a lot of enthusiasm falling down on commercial issues.
It would be nice to see more training available for technical workers who want to set up their own business - not to go sky high, get squillions of venture capital and rule the world - I think we all know by now that is a pretty rare occurence, but at least make a decent "cottage industry" out of their skills so they can make a reasonable living doing something they really enjoy.
I see loads of open source projects that could make the basis for a good consulting / services business, and often wonder how their owners are doing with them.
Anyone who's ever made the mistake of telling their mother that they 'quite like' a certain foodstuff will know to stay well clear of this technology.
./ should develop a system for caching/mirroring linked web pages hosted on sites like angelfire. That way the poor linkee's ste wouldn't get squished!