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Microsoft may seem like a big scary competitor, but they've been dead for some time (1). If all they're doing it providing free hosting then they're not really
by H0n3sty 10y ago
Microsoft may seem like a big scary competitor, but they've been dead for some time (1). If all they're doing it providing free hosting then they're not really competing with you.
(1) http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
- edoceo 10y agoExactly, thank you for saying this.
- achr2 10y agoMicrosoft is nowhere near dead, not in the short to medium term anyway - and if you're a startup, that is all that matters. MS can put a 100 million dollars into a product sphere and not bat an eye if it fails within a few years (see Nokia). I wouldn't discount them anytime soon.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoYes, but startups execute faster than big companies. They also make bigger/riskier bets.