Yes, I thought there was a PR smell about that article.
Link bait to paid article under cover of news courtesy of Forbes.
Readit Newsdavidcatalano commented on On the Berenstein Bears Switcheroo (2014) woodbetweenworlds.blogspo... · Posted by u/sea6ear
Yes, your comment was the inspiration, I went to google the spelling because I vaguely remembered Berenstein, and got sucked into reading about the issue.
I think the most plausible explanation for me is that they pronounced it "Bear-en-steen" in the videos so as a kid I just assumed that was reflected in the actual spelling.
I too was once in universe E.
davidcatalano commented on “Startup Names” by Paul Graham (2006) aux.messymatters.com/pgna... · Posted by u/climatewarrior2
Completely agree. There will always be good names available. Curious if PG would still rate textpayme high as I think its an awful name!
Selfishly curious, how would you rate my company's name, Modea?
davidcatalano commented on Startup Company Form: LLC or S-Corp? Which is easier and which is better? · Posted by u/sabat
To me the answer is simple: If you are looking to be VC or angel funded yet are just starting out then you should save the money and start an LLC. If you don't plan on VC funding then stick w/ an S Corp.
In 1999 we had an LLC and we converted it to a C Corp just before we acquired funding in 2000. This time around I'm a partner in an S Corp and am self-funding it. If my current situation changes, as someone already mentioned, it will be easy to change over to a C Corp.
Can't read the article but it sounds interesting
It's time we switch to "fair source" or "equitable source".
Put MAU/DAU/ARR/market cap limits in your license. Open to everyone with a market cap under $1B or revenues under $100M. All others, please see our "business@" email.
Place viral terms like the AGPL that requires that all other systems touched by your code to be open - especially the backend/server components that typically remain hidden.
We're giving away power to these companies for free, and they use their scale and reach to turn our software into a larger moat that ensnares us and taxes us in everything else we do.
Your contribution of open source in one area might bubble up as Microsoft or Google's ability to control what you see or how you distribute software to customers. It's intangible and hard to describe these insane advantages and network effects big players like this have to lay people, but I know we as software engineers understand this.
Open source has been weaponized against us. They get free labor and use our work to tax us, pin us down, out compete us, and control us. We need to fight back.