hprotagonist was fretting about the "freight train is barreling down on them in the form of Apple and Google"
I said there, and I'll say again here: Waiting for large companies to innovate is like saying "I won't build the Apple II because I'd rather wait for the IBM PC to be invented".
I think that big companies are under too much market pressure to really innovate freely. Startups are a good thing, and Y Combinator is helping. If you have an idea, please don't just give up and wait for the market leaders - make a startup and make it real.
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"As for Compaq, I told him there was no real future in transportable computers since IBM could do it."
- This is the point I made in a comment yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15537940
hprotagonist was fretting about the "freight train is barreling down on them in the form of Apple and Google"
I said there, and I'll say again here: Waiting for large companies to innovate is like saying "I won't build the Apple II because I'd rather wait for the IBM PC to be invented".
I think that big companies are under too much market pressure to really innovate freely. Startups are a good thing, and Y Combinator is helping. If you have an idea, please don't just give up and wait for the market leaders - make a startup and make it real.
Same goes for "Finally, cornered in a lunch line, Jeremy delivered some sage advice "Kid, haven't you heard of Friendster? Move on. It's over!""