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Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by sd on Monday September 15, 2008 @08:18AM (#304543)
Higher interest rates = less credit & financing = fewer startups
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Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by mroman on Monday September 15, 2008 @06:48PM (#305186)
Your conclusion assumes that startups are an intrinsic aspect of hacking, hackers, and the hacker condition.

I disagree.

Even if it were so, outside funding (credit and financing) is most definitely not an indispensable requisite to starting a startup.

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Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by DougBTX on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @08:07AM (#305686)
> Your conclusion assumes that startups are an intrinsic aspect

This place used to be called Startup News...

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Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by mroman on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @02:59PM (#306144)
Correct.

USED to be.

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