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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by cryptoz on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:10PM (#6015075)
Sounds to me like they're very interested in funding RFS5 and that they were grilling you to see your response. Were you exhilarated and raving about all the advantages in a confident, persuasive manner, or did you stumble on why you might even want such a thing yourself?
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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by TheMakeA on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:16PM (#6015125)
It's possible. The given reason for our rejection was the market size for our product. Really, we were caught heavily off guard by having to explain why it would be useful. We thought, "It's an RFS, so they already know it could be huge!" and spent zero time thinking about it.

Full disclosure: Our demo and Altair BASIC was a way to develop native iPhone apps in the cloud. We wanted to expand to Android apps, and eventually be a general cloud compile/debug/run service.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by ryanhuff on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @12:36AM (#6017470)
Having to explain why something could be "huge" shows how well you understand the market.
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