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Microsoft is acting in its best interests. By giving away that software, it means that those startups might use it rather than Linux. So, when they become larger, Microsoft gets money from them.

As someone who works at a non-profit, we get Microsoft stuff for next to nothing. It means that everyone who comes through our IT department gets familiar with MS stuff and prevents FOSS from getting as much of a foothold due to cost concerns.
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Skimmed the YouTube video of his google talk to find when he answered the bubble sort question - it's at @23:16 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo)

Did we expect him to answer like a prospective google hire? A modified quick sort thats guarded not to recurse too many levels deep to avoid any stack overflow errors? I'm impressed that he made an effort to connect at the techie-level.

I think the intent of the tech-savvy staffers who briefed him was like when a comedian makes a reference to the Yankees while performing in NYC
Perhaps decided by Google as a result of the Obama victory due to the belief that they wouldn't then win antitrust proceedings.

It might also be a coincidence that it was announced the morning after the election result - after months (as the article states) of internal review.
Very nice collection of resources for anyone, professional or amateur. This could be especially helpful when learning a new programming language or just using one that you haven't in a while.

Something I've also found helpful (when doing web scripting), is Dreamweaver's built-in syntax database that really helps speed things up as you type.
What should we get?
Even if it seems sort of trite and artificial to many people (including myself) having a black President with a name that sounds like "Osama" is a big achievement.
Congratulations - so a significant departure from code tools then?
No politrix on HN please. Except every 4 years.
I don't even think about President Elect Obama being black, and I'm shocked that people factor it in to his message of hope, as if that's partly what it's about: that a black man can be president. It's nothing of the sort.

What inspires me is that he'll actually change things. Nearly all politicians will give lots of lips service to lots of things and in the end keep everything the same. I (and many others) strongly believe he's different.

That's why people are in the streets. That's why they are excited. That's why this is big.

It's not about the color of his skin but the content of his character.
Fred Wilson isn't just "a VC", he is "The VC" in NYC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Wilson_(financier)
This didn't make too much sense for Yahoo either, considering the original reason for Yahoo getting into it was frustrating the Microsoft takeover bid earlier this year:

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/09/last-gasp-yahoo-a...

That was when Microsoft was still interested, and Yahoo's stock was more than twice as high as it is now.
I understand your viewpoint, but at some point you have to realize that some applications would simply be easier/better to create on this stack. If you're stuck in a Windows company looking to create a startup on the web, the barriers to entry just dropped dramatically. I can't say I like it, but it's still going to help grow the industry and lead (hopefully) to more startups and better products.
Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts
I think the answer is yes, but I've also seen some companies dropping support for IE6.

That been said I was fortunate enough to be able to release a website that was functional in IE6. But didn't include the "fancy" effects and opaque backgrounds that the other browsers supported.

And my startup's administrative interface which is used by my clients doesn't support IE6 whilst the front end for the end-users does.
Fred Wilson isn't just "A VC", he is the most important person in tech in NYC, according to Silicon Alley Insider:

http://www.alleyinsider.com/sa100/2008/fred-wilson
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Every time Obama speaks, an angel has an orgasm. - Daily Show
Yup, thanks :)
What is the other half of this story?

I don't know anything about the author, but has he done anything to enrage the G?

If this is truly just a random account disablement, then it would seem that Google needs to augment their customer support accessibility and procedures. If the author is/was somehow "competing" with Google on some level, or making anti-G remarks, I would be curious about such details.

I think there is more to this story.
No, he's a VC. He's done a great job of promoting himself and his company through helpful blogging and twittering but he's not the one and only authority that we need to hear from and especially not about US presidential politics.
> We all think it is great.

Don't assume to know what I think.
Just because a VC is saying it doesn't make it apolitical.
There is much less cause now for Yang to reject any Microsoft bid. But with the state of the economy, perhaps there's less incentive for MS to make a bid now anyway while it bears up to a less than ideal economy. Along with my speculation that Google would eventually lose the antritrust litigation anyhow if the deal went ahead, the company has determined it safe or sensible to abort.
Teddy Roosevelt: Shot from the hip, and was the antithesis of a calm man. He had one of the greatest American presidencies.
but he's not the one and only authority that we need to hear from

He's certainly not the only authority (who said he was?). However, he certainly is one authority whose opinion I am interested in if the community so decides.
A reference that I thought would have made a great headline: "A Black President Event"
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=285927
1) He goes on about how secure his password is, but then admits that someone got into his secondary email account. His secondary account should be just as secure. This calls to doubt his security savvy.

2) "loose" instead of "lose" -- always a bad sign
The author is axod, a long-standing member of this community, active member of #startups on Freenode, and entrepreneur ( http://www.mibbit.com/ ).
> He's certainly not the only authority (who said he was?).

You. You said he was "The VC".
If you need this many, you're doing something very wrong.
Appending "2.0" to everything is not very creative.
"While I prefer lower taxes, I can tell you that no entrepreneur or CEO worth a damn in this country gives up or works less because of a change in tax policy."
> I swear I've seen this story on HN a week ago where a very nice google employee decided to step in and help the guy out. In fact the first paragraph was exactly the same as I remembered the bit about Adwords being cut off as well as other services.

Edit; knew I saw this on HN - I thought this had been resolved.

As brk said I also think there is more to this. I doubt any service with a reputation to uphold would just randomly give a block without any detail at all.

I love Google, I'm a sucker for the whole cloud concept and I think Google is the place to go for this - they're open, they're free and they're not going to go away anytime soon. I don't keep my extra confidential documents on Docs and am sensible enough to make backups - therefore I've got nothing to worry about in that respect.
One piece of advice: Keep local copies of all your email. This bit me once when I needed to make a meeting downtown and only had the address on GMail. I couldn't get a connection (low signal to noise ratio) and I almost missed the thing.

Luckily, I conjured up the street number from memory as I glanced at the many building numbers on the 1700 block of K, and the company I was meeting with was listed on the matching building's directory.

That evening I connected Thunderbird with GMail (POP) and changed my settings to delete all mail from the server. I have local copies of everything with the added benefit that, theoretically, less of my email is floating around Google's server rooms.
in an idealistic view of things, i agree with you. but if he never changes a thing (which i hope he does) he will already have changed the history and promise of this country.
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I agree. However, it is really how I feel. Today is not just about electing a new President, it is also about recognizing that America has changed. The old politics of spiting the electorates among various groups really doesn't work anymore. Anyway, I can go on and on about how emotional and inspired I feel ... a sense of renewal and do-over.
Glad to see the tax income questions have been answered. I would like to know more about the others though. Especially :

>Is it hard to run a US-based LLC from abroad in general? Paperwork etc.

Anyone?
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I hope my article doesn't come across partisan. I am not. I am just a struggling entrepreneur who is un-connected with the bigger community. Last night was a great night, even for technologists.
I'd let Ron Paul remove my appendix.
In search of our own Obama
Darn, I was beginning to hope that we'd moved over the whole "abducted by a gamer he met online" stereotypes.

> But he said his worst fear is that his son has been either abducted or lured away by a gamer he met online.

Anyway, I feel for the poor kid - I hope he returns safely. a game is, at the end of the day, just a game. No reason to get so worked up over it. A bit of a lack pf understanding from the parents though - internet and game addiction is real and some of us need help from it.
No one got into my backup email.

My backup email received some "password reset instructions" emails for my main google account. - eg someone clicked on [forgot my password] on google, and entered my account name.

Sorry if that wasn't crystal clear.
Oh I don't know - for a learning developer I could see these as useful prompts for anyone trying to get the syntax.

However, people who work professionally in these languages should really be able to do without them.
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If the author is/was somehow ... making anti-G remarks

Are you saying that would have been a fair reason to suspend his accounts?

At Justin.TV, one of the things I'm proud of is that we clearly communicate the things that can get your account suspended. Making "anti-Justin.TV remarks" is certainly not one of them!
I have not done anything I know to be wrong, or even border line.

Also, I've been a long time google supporter and that's why I've used so many of their products.

Even if someone did make "anti-G remarks" (Which I have not afaik), I don't think that would be reason to disable their account.

I understand your skepticism - it was exactly my response when I heard it had happened to some other people a few months ago.
Ask HN: Obama likes tech. What ideas can we generate for him?
There's a huge opportunity now with a guy like him in office.
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I don't think you need it in all cases.

For instance, if the "world" / "tab" knows that it's no good, it could self-exit. That'd leave only the "good" one standing without any coordination / communication.

Or, in some other cases, return codes may be good enough.

Even if it's easily possible with current stuff though, it's still an interesting idea.
I found Dreamweaver's intellisense-clone a bit annoying to be honest. I'd rather it didn't put characters after my cursor, but allow me to select from a list like in VS.
rental income from a property in the US

So if I'm hosting my app with a US hosting company, then does it apply?
There is some phishing going on in Google's name. I just tried to alert them (I just received the email)-- we'll see how they respond.

Phishing email:

<http://adwords.google.com/select/images/adwords_home/new_log...;

Renew Your Account Now!

Dear Member,

This is your official notification from Google Inc. that the service(s) listed below will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately.

As the Primary Contact, you must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.

Renew Now your Google AdWords services. <http://adwords.google.com.session-27120581839530682797.38412...;

SERVICE: Google AdWords
EXPIRATION: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:12:37 +0300

Thank you for using Google Inc service.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

Google AdWords Service .

Note : Your Google AdWords Password is NOT your Google Email password!
© 2008 Google

------------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, please visit the Google AdWords Help Centre at https://adwords.google.com/support/?hl=en_GB to find answers to frequently asked questions and a 'contact us' link near the bottom of the page. ----------------------------------------------------------------
Just make sure you have everything covered. All those sites, all your data.

It's very easy to say making backups is obvious, but how easy is it to make backups of adwords keyword lists every time you change them... Maybe your google account is a simple one with not many services in use.
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my comment. I trust your response, which means that this is truly an oddly random event, and indicative (IMO) of Google not being truly ready for things to lose the "beta" icon.
These have been going for a long time - not the case in my instance, as I never click on emails like that - they are pretty obviously fake.
The rule is simple: only on the ass and never in anger.
well we all kinda saw this comin... the problem is that the people who read this site and others like it are not starting up companies based on .net and other microsoft technologies. companies nowadays start in the basement, garage, grad school project with zero funding and no software costs.

beyond the economy of it all there is the cool factor. microsoft is just not cool and all the cool kids play with the cool toys like ruby, python, erlang, memcached and on and on. this creates a neat little ecosystem of interconnected like minded people who chat with each other on irc and twitter.

the only coolish tech that i see from microsoft is silverlight... but guess what? the backend for any forward facing silverlight app will most likely be done with non microsoft tech :)
One step at a time. In big companies "glacial" is the standard speed of evolution.
Not saying it would have been fair, saying it would have been understandable, even if the decision logic used was faulty.
Obama's no TR. But I think that he has the potential to be great in his own way. And I'm slightly happy that it won't be in the "override Congress and do what I want" way.

Not knocking TR. The man had class like no other. But he wasn't exactly the most checked and balanced president we had.
One online mail service has failed him, and he goes to another online mail service rather than to Thunderbird, POP and IMAP? Lame.
This makes me more impressed with Obama, not less. That's wonderful attention to detail, and reflects well on Obama to have assembled such a talented staff.
I'd deploy phpBB in its default configuration before I'd deploy default Wordpress. (Our blog is Wordpress).
Actually my career has been one significant departure after another...

1. Started out writing embedded network protocols stacks (TCP/IP, SPX/IPX, NetBIOS, ...)
2. Moved into discrete event simulation of large networks
3. Then moved on to Tcl developer tools
4. Then to content management systems
5. Then to Electric Cloud for parallel software development tools
6. Along the way created POPFile
7. Now this...
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That's a relief. Is there a website that has these posted when they appear "in the wild?" It would be nice to check against the known attacks, and post when a new one appears.
63 points for these "news"? A public rant about a competitor is "news" here? And how ethical is it to blog about such things? I've never seen a CEO of a company publicly bitching about how badly competitors treat him. Jesus I know for sure to never approach Zoho with a business proposal in fear of turning any potential dispute into a dirty laundry hanging in public.
And why is it even supposed to be interesting for anyone outside of Zoho/Salesforce? I wish we could see IP addresses of people who voted this stuff up: I wonder what percentage of originated from India.
Sridhar, here is an idea for you: write a post titled "Zoho shall pay no taxes" and make your workers vote it up on every public news site.
Have any of our calm presidents been any good?
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A letter against 'early' piracy.

Most directly, the thing you do is theft

Nail on the head.

Is this fair?... I would appreciate letters from any one who wants to pay up

He was in a 'crying mode'. Ofcourse, today it would really piss off any programmer to see his $1000 worth software being downloaded easily from torrents for free. Hours of thinking go into the development cycle. Even $10 softwares are released on torrents.

The most affected here is the entertainment industry. Music, movies and games. I played the demo of a game called Mount and Blade sometime ago. A really cool and beautiful game made by a Turkish couple. I think its the first game to introduce a hand-to-hand combat mode with close-to-reality moves. Sadly, its free on torrents. :(

If this is the case, then more developers would be forced to opt to develop SAAS stuff. You can't release GMail or Google Search on torrents. Can you? :P

Notice how the letter is signed.
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I actually am using Apple Mail to access ymail most of the time, with the web access as a secondary method now - but thanks for your insightful analysis.
I confess that schadenfreude overcame my better judgment and I upvoted this post. Bad raganwald! No cookie for you!!
Very nice, the Canadian listings look good .. I like the "View by Artist" tab
To me, Obama is a half-black half-white, non-practicing Muslim - not that I think him any lesser for it. When a fully black or fully devout Muslim candidate wins the election, that would be very interesting. It is not fitting to congratulate Obama on the race card just because he's different to his predecessors.
I had a long discussion a few days ago with a close friend about racism in America. It's real and does exist, but it really warms my heart to see the nation come together in spite of that to elect their new President.
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I couldn't imagine myself without gmail even for a day. I made up my mind to use thunderbird moving further.
That needs to be considered in the context of this nation's history.

Slavery, lynchings, poll taxes, segregation. It wasn't until the 1960s that African Americans had a real right to vote.

The election of a black man President of the United States of America is a momentous moment.
Where by "non-practicing Muslim" you mean "Christian."
Your insinuation that black people are all "inner-city wannabe gangsters" is appalling.
At the Washington Post we have a lot of visitors from corporate/government environments that have locked-down machines that still run IE6, so we see it more than the web average (sorry, can't be more specific). I love the graph of browsers over time, though, you can spot weekends because IE6 usage plummets and IE7/FF/Saf usage all jump.

We put together some special homepage layouts to display as election results started coming in. IE6 hated one of them (the expanding box bug) -- the main developer spent around 8h struggling with it and two of us joined into to help around midnight Monday. Took us another 90m to get it working cross-browser. In other words, I can't wait for IE6 to die.
Except that he's explicitly Christian, not Muslim.
I wonder why do you need US based LLC?

If your business is web based you can run it from anywhere... :)

Just curious...
I don't really like commenting on politics here; because it's the wrong place for it. But I can tell you for certain that electing a black President has certainly made it far easier to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to basic intelligence.
Why don't they let the computing industry grow?. $$$$ means everything to M$SFT. It irritated me so much with they offered XP back on the OPLC laptops. How lame. They want small children to use their lame software, so that the children don't even turn to the open source community. It sucks.
All Organizational forms in the US are state-level formations. That means this question is sort of difficult to answer. Some states are likely more friendly than others.

The process for citizens is generally:

- Form Organization At State Level (Secretary Of State)

- Apply For Federal EIN (Tax ID Number, IRS)

- Apply For Local Tax ID Number (State Dept of Revenue)

- File For Other Requirements -- such as local/state taxes/certificates/offices. Usually there is an employment agency you have to file with for Workers Comp.

Most states are going to need some sort of local address to form a domestic corporation/organization within their realm. You can register for business as a foreign corporation, but then you will need a local office. Again, all of this knowledge is highly state-specific, so YMMV.

Besides, you could always set it up with a UPS Store Mailbox that fwd's mail (at your cost) to your real international location.

I would also question why you need this. Do you have a specific purpose? I'm not saying you dont, I'm just curious.
And then they even offer M$SFT office for students at 91% off the price.
"our amazing country once again reinvigorated the dream that any child in this country, no matter what circumstances they are born into, can grow up to be anything they want, including President of the United States."

Yeah, tell that to Arnold and all the other first-gen immigrants. :\
Waiting a few years doesn't make his arguments wrong.
I'd say hobbyists have a positive moral obligation to do what commerce can't: break the web so badly for IE6 that even the most teeth-gritted Luddite finally gives up and upgrades.
Nonsense. Islam is evangelical; if you follow the 5 tenets, you are Muslim regardless of lineage.

This is the same rule as most variants of Christianity, including the one Obama practices.
Like RMS said, its like giving free packs of cigarettes to children till they get addicted. And then its done. Why don't people recognize the evil?
Ah, I meant to say that he's the most important VC in NY, and so has more authority than just "a VC"... but these are just semantic details of a meta-argument, no?
American culture does not accept that, and I side with American culture on this one. A man is what he chooses to be, not what his parents were. That way lies social tyranny.

(Social tyranny isn't talked about much in America since it doesn't come up much, since we don't believe in it. For a real-world example, I point you at the caste system.)

I don't particularly like Obama, but I see no evidence that he has engaged in any particularly Muslim activities as an adult.
I love that image...where did that come from?
This is partly why my @jgc.org email is forwarded to gmail and not managed by Google. I retain control of the domain and the receiving MX which then forwards to gmail. If gmail were to die I can reroute around it in seconds.