"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors

Re:"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors by tokenrove on Monday August 18, 2014 @11:41AM (#8193116)

I disagree with your most general statement, and I feel this quote better reflects my experience:

  Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your
  ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's
  throats.
    -- Howard Aiken

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Re:"Not Rocket Science": The story of Monotone and Bors by mtdewcmu on Monday August 18, 2014 @05:11PM (#8194703)

I think the reason we're not seeing eye to eye is that we're applying different standards. That quote makes a point PG has made (IIRC). He concluded that great startups don't naturally follow from great ideas. That's because ideas alone are seldom so great that they do all the work on their own: you still have to execute, and good execution is underrated.

This article is claiming to have an idea so great that literally anyone can employ it and benefit from it, though, and that's an awfully high standard.

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