I hope so. I wouldn't call it a startup - I'm much more interested in figuring out how hard it is to create meaningful small communities of tech people. Really I just want to join one, and it's not like making a discussion board is hard, so I figured I'd give it a go.

That being said, I do think it's likely that some of the members of such a community would eventually partner up on a startup just as a function of knowing each other and having similar interests.